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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Closed World
I wrote Closed World many years ago as a result of playing around with ideas about found texts and revisiting…
Young Poets’ Stories
Young Poets’ Stories is a new research project led by Associate Professor of Education Dr Sue Dymoke at NTU, working…
A Call Out for Foyle Young Poets
We hope that Foyle Young Poet Award winners and highly commended poets from 2012 – 2019 will be interested in…