Category Archives: poetry

Originally posted on The BeZine:
The Rucksack Project Banner Fortune seems to be the word of the moment for me; it keeps recycling itself and coming back to haunt me! On the one hand I’m not surprised, because I feel…

Originally posted on The BeZine:
(On use of the English language) ” … To edit perchance to publish: ay, there’s the rub; For in that edit of death what publishings may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,…

Originally posted on Jamie Dedes' THE POET BY DAY Webzine:
“I always had this notion that you earned your living and that poetry was a grace.” Seamus Heaney (1939-2013), Irish, poet, playwright, translator, educator and Nobel Prize winner I’m sure…

Originally posted on Christ Church Stocksbridge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEiv9-fknxw Here is the film we made about the Memorial Project, with Ian reading his poem. Please click the link above and it will take to the film in You Tube. You’ll need to…

Originally posted on Fanny the Champion of the World:
I’ve been meaning to start writing this blog for months, but you know how it is. Life gets in the way – and I’ve been busy. Still, as I sat here…

Originally posted on The BeZine:
[I’ve heard Ekphrasis* described as one of the ugliest words in the English language. In writing this poem, I would like to try and make it ironic] In this, another war poem, at the same time…

Originally posted on The BeZine:
White Doves at Blue Mosque There are people for whom poetry exists almost exclusively as an aid to social change – not as some sort of didacticism – but as a discussion, a wake up…

We are fast approaching that time of year when, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, we remember the fallen in (as well as those affected by) the many wars and conflicts from World War … Continue reading →

In response to Victoria Slotto‘s challenge over on ‘Into The Bardo‘ yesterday, my mind fell to both ekphrasis and response poems, both of which I have done, on more than one occasion, particularly ekphrasis in collaboration with my Grass Roots … Continue reading →