I have just ordered the latest work by Richard Skelton. Richard lives in Cumbria and runs a press with his partner Autumn Richardson called Corbel Stone Press. They produce finely printed collections of poetry and prose as well as CDs and downloads of Richard’s music. The music is ambient, gentle washes of sound that build … Read more
Here’s a poem from the new collection – “Times of the Wise Old Man” which you can download for absolutely no cost by clicking on this link… VI – this spectacular view again, bored with it This spectacular view again, bored with it – Staying in this temporary home – What happens to the flow … Read more
After a prolonged spell of distraction, I have begun to ‘ship’ new material. My first booklet since 2010 is released today. It’s a 48 page booklet of poems. You can download a free PDF of it by clicking here. Enjoy…
Finding a reason for walking on a beach, and then realising that the feeling of sand between the toes will powerfully evoke memories: trying I have looked up into the stars at night That are so scattered Across the infinitely deep sky I have seen into great vacuums of awesome space And been left standing … Read more
I posted a couple of days ago the link to the ‘November Suite’ booklet. Here’s a poem from that collection in case you’re wondering whether to go ahead and download. Before The dark is rising Now hear all of this Last night the stars shone And I watched them twinkle One drop in each shard … Read more
Ages ago on this blog, I promised to upload the collection of poetry which I wrote in November 2009. It was written through the month – a poem a day. Follow this link to download the booklet. I hope you enjoy it – as ever, I am always keen to get feedback (use the contacts … Read more
Here’s a poem from ‘Spirit Soul: Pursuance’ to give you some idea of the contents of the latest book. If you like it, go take a look. The link is here, and on the ‘Free Stuff’ page of the site. then one morning eyes slightly out of focus I was taken by surprise there in the … Read more
On Sunday I settled down late morning to write a poem. It’s approaching the anniversary of my father’s death and I wanted to do something that would help with this. I was also keen to build on something I had already written. I took a poem from a collection of poems back in 1998 called … Read more
Here’s a poem, hot off the press, from a new collection I am in the middle of writing called “Father, Brother, Son”. On the poetry front, I will be posting the pdf of ‘November Suite’, a collection I wrote through the month of November last year, in the next few weeks. It will be available … Read more
…. in case you need just a little more tempting to follow the link, here is a short poem from ‘Scrapes against the Soul’: Pictures on the wall were all taken with this new camera Living in a world where every second can be captured as a Perfect digital image. Still or moving images Everything … Read more