First Chelsey poem I ever read, fell in love with the extended ellipsis like a string of ball bearings. I love the flounce of this, every time i throw a strop I think of it.

Poems, downloads, books. Oh western wind, when wilt thou blow that the small rain down can rain? April 27, 2017.

Three months to the day since my last blog post! What on earth have I been doing? My biggest news, in case you missed it, is that fellow poet Joolz Sparkes and I have been awarded Arts Council. Research and development funding for our London Undercurrents. This has been my main focus since September, and will be for the next few months, so this is where most of my blogging and writing energy is going. Do check out our blog. My Life as a Garden Chair.

Wednesday, 9 August 2017. Poetry24 is open once again, and eager to receive your. The site now has a new address and a slightly different look.

RANDOM THOUGHTS IN A DIGITAL AGE. Thursday, 13 August 2015. The two pictures included here are of Children playing on the beach in Gaza and on the streets of Palestine. There are close to 800,000 children currently living in Gaza, they make up more than half the population. They remind me, that we. Should never give up hope.

Old punks never die, they just get into gardening and grow veg! Skip to primary content. About weeds up me knees. The man and his music. I was told by the assistant that the offer is only for another week or so, get in there quick! I also learnt a new word this week courtesy of Gardening with Tim and Joe.

Poetry and Communication in the Medical World. In the din of medicine, what are the voices of our patients, what are our voices, that they become so hard to hear? In workshops that followed we discussed poems about diagnosis by Raymond Carver, Sharon Olds, Jon Glover. I had to remind myself I was not working with creative writing students, so acute was their understanding of the texts, so engaged were their responses. The poems led to an interest.