This is a poem from the collection I am writing at the moment – called “alice reimagined”, a series of conversations with the anima. I despair of Alice sometimes especially when she is out and I have no-one to talk to or she is in and I have no-one to talk … Read more
I’m a clear example of the evidence to show why we need to focus. In recent months I have mentioned several books that I am working on. The three that edge to the top of the list (there are 20 ideas in total!) are: alice reimagined – a book of poems, prose pieces, biographical sketches … Read more
Back in 2004 I wrote a booklet of poems called “the alice conversations“. 13 poems in a short booklet, it was a set of dialogues and conversations with Alice. When I first began working with Carl Jung’s theories of archetypes and active imagination, I developed a set of characters that would reappear frequently in my … Read more
I want to write about experiments in poetry and poetic form. This isn’t going to be a comprehensive history of experimentation in poetic form. That would be a very long blog post, maybe a book – and not one that I want to write (just yet anyway!) Instead, this is a personal story about being … Read more
A couple of weeks ago I published my second book of the year. It is called “Blue: Experiments in Sound”. The first book, “Values Count“, is a non-fiction book about values based working. It is available on this website as well as through Amazon. Sales in the first few months have been steady – it … Read more
Some more working out loud. A marvellous concept that I read about in-depth in the book “Working Out Loud” by John Stepper. This creative journey. An opening out of ideas – and the lack of focus that emerges. Thus, all of these projects underway, open loops: Working on at least 6 non-fiction pieces Working on … Read more
A poem from the collection “It Begins Like This” (2014) I remember that tree, struck by lightning before I climbed it. The absolute shock of the bark, bitten by electricity And the beat of wing as it caught the night air along the river bank, Nocturnal bird seeking partner as the seasons … Read more
A few years ago on this blog I wrote a post called “What’s he building in there?” It came after a long break when I had written nothing. The title was taken from a song by Tom Waits. In it, Waits describes someone who is in his barn building something. The neighbours can hear the … Read more
There’s a paper thread, a trail, a trace that leads all the way back to the government We wondered why we had not been called upon felt slightly queasy, a little on edge Then realised that it was all up for grabs – specious, she said, a waste of voice And there were protestors too, … Read more
On Friday I publicised the release of an album through Bandcamp. It comprised 15 tracks, using spoken word and music. The words come from “Blue: experiments in sound” which is the fourth poetry sequence about a misanthropic, lone-wolf character called Blue. I will be releasing this as a book in the next few months. In … Read more