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

Young Poets’ Stories

Young Poets’ Stories is a new research project led by Associate Professor of Education Dr Sue Dymoke at NTU, working … More

Listen to the Light

Taking the lead from John Harvey, I also want to share a poem with you. It’s not new but perhaps … More

Poem for World Poetry Day: John Harvey

Originally posted on Some Days You Do …:
THE U.S. BOTANICAL GARDENS WASHINGTON D.C. The floor is azure blue tile slick with the residue…

Favourite poetry listened to or read in 2019

There is so much great poetry to choose from in 2019 that it’s hard to know where to begin. The … More

Calling Beeston writers…

Poetry Place writing workshop at Beeston Library 11.30 – 1pm, Nov 30th. Come along and write.

Poetry Place: Beeston workshop 30th Nov

In this experimental, place-based writing workshop you will try out different ways of creating poetry focused on Beeston.