Last week I participated in a fascinating online event to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day 2020. It was organised by Junction … More
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Vision: some favourite poems for NPD
Happy National Poetry Day 2020 everyone. I hope you are feeling excited and nurtured by all the poetry treats that are winging your way today – and that you can store some of them up to see you through these difficult autumn days. The theme of this year’s NPD is ‘Vision’ which is a lovely subject, open to many different interpretations. Here are some of my personal favourites on that broad theme…
Fires: Deryn Rees-Jones
Fires, is an exquisite work by Deryn Rees-Jones with images by Charlotte Hodes. It is hard to pin down exactly what Fires is. You might call it a long poem, a lyric essay or a collage of ideas about the nature of poetry.
What they left behind
Thinking of all friends in Japan today (August 6th) a very difficult seventy fifth anniversary day. I wrote this poem … More
Dollies: an animation by Carina Barber
For this final example of design work based on my poems by NTU Graphic Design students, I have chosen an … More
Testing the Water
A delightful short poem film by Maria Vidal
Squid Squad by Matthew Welton
Here’s a review of Matthew Welton’s vibrant new collection Squid Squad: A Novel, which I wrote recently for the Nottingham … More
Suggested Poetry and Science reading
One of my absolute favourite poets is Miroslav Holub who was not only a world class poet but an eminent … More
Let’s talk about Poetry and Science
This week Pippa Hennessy, Chris Jones and I are putting the finishing touches to our Poetry and Science event which … More
Closed World
I wrote Closed World many years ago as a result of playing around with ideas about found texts and revisiting … More
