First Japanese publication

‘Collaborative Research between UK and Japan on Poetry Writing Pedagogy in the Global Age: Trialling Poetry Writing Workshop techniques now published in The Science of Reading. vol.61, No.2., July 2019, pages: 97-109.

A Shoestring Beeston duo

Sue Dymoke and John Lucas reading 29 Nov. Thinking Like a Poet 11 Dec. Both at Beeston Library

DNA time: a poetry experiment

Over the last eighteen months I have been conducting a poetry experiment with Pietro Roversi, fellow poet, structural biologist and … More

Poetry writing resources for Japanese Teachers

I am pleased to share with you a series of four poetry writing resources for Japanese teachers (of Japanese or … More

Student Golden Shovel Poetry Competition

International Student Golden Shovel Poetry Competition now launched: https://www.roosevelt.edu/colleges/education/community-engagement/golden-shovel-competition

Roy Fisher 1930- 2017

It was Roy Fisher’s funeral in Macclesfield this afternoon. I was very sorry not to be able to attend and wanted to mark the occasion in some way.

Furious Answers and other new poems

I took part in the Ekphrastic Review’s 20 poem challenge last month. My poem ‘Furious Answers’ was written in response to the painting The Answer is No by Kay Sage (USA), 1958.