The impact of rain
Rain makes me feel emptiness deep oblivion and nothing Rain sounds on roof coldness too and the open-ended glide that eases into my mood
Poetry
copters
Today I am posting a poem from the next booklet to be produced by bluewater books. This booklet is due out in the next couple of weeks. copters gardens of gardenia blooms of second glances never sent melancholic sycamore copters spinning at my feet. nose-caught scents of cow-slips which recall beechams empty bankments steam gone, … Read more
Note to Self
Across poetry sequences, pieces of fiction and other creative processes, there are a number of key characters and images that repeat. These are: – Blue – Alice – Aslan – Kingfisher – Water These have a deeper range of meanings, and are ‘characters’ that I can work with through diverse contexts. Bringing them back again … Read more
transcending
it happened quickly when the first shards of light at early morning had glanced over the hills. then was the moment when I fully realised that all this searching collecting of myths, looking beyond beauty and nature would leave me now, emptiness glances across a crowded room people we once respected, open to criticism. inside … Read more
Mike Snider’s Formal Blog and Sonnetarium
Mike Snider’s Formal Blog and Sonnetarium Mike Snider has been looking at my weblog, and has put a link to it on his site. Well, thanks very much for that! Mike’s various sites are well worth a visit. There’s a link to his weblog over in my ‘Weblogs I Watch’ column to the right. Or … Read more
e e cummings
Last night I did some more work on the booklet ‘edge of water’. Then I sat around for half an hour, listening to the ‘panthalassa’ remix album, whilst reading poetry. I browsed through ‘The Book of Demons & Pearl’ by Barry MacSweeney. This is powerful, ranting poetry with vivid use of imagery. One to spend … Read more
Light Sparkle and Thread of Colours
Just for a change today, I thought I would post a poem I wrote last week. It is part of the sequence that I am working on at the moment called ‘the alice conversations’. Comments welcomed. Light Sparkle and Thread of Colours Alice is standing – waiting – wondering – without pause Now she looks … Read more
British Poets Discussion List
News today from the British Poets discussion list (info can be found here). This list has been managed by Trevor Joyce and Cris Creek for a while now – they did a great job. And they are both excellent poets too! As of today the management of the list has moved to Mairead Byrne and … Read more
Poetry reading next week – it’s official!
I heard yesterday that I have been asked to do a poetry reading at my local poetry group next week. ‘First Thursday’ meet on the first Thursday of each month (there’s a surprise!) in my home town of Heswall in the North West of England. I will read a few poems from the ‘Zen Words’ … Read more
The Fountain
I’m one of those people who looks optimistically forward to the arrival of the post each morning – enthusiastic about what it might bring. This morning I was rewarded with a late draft of a poetry booklet which Pete Presford is producing. It is called “The Fountain / La Fontana” and has an Italian theme … Read more