I spent an enjoyable and thought-provoking evening last night at the Hampshire Writers’ Society. I was invited as the warm-up act, giving a brief plug for the Writing Hampshire project, which is going strong: over 100 poems now, and more coming in all the time. Next I hope we can get 200 poems, including more …
It’s A Steal: some thoughts on ‘finding yourself’ as a writer Read More »
Back in late April, I decided to enter the Bridport Prize for the first time. Yesterday, I was delighted to open an email which told me I had not won it. As the Bridport is one of the biggest poetry prizes in the UK, this may seem a little odd. Now mind, I’m not saying that …
Winning Isn’t Everything: me and the Bridport Prize 2012 Read More »
I”ve been having a relatively quiet time this month – going on holiday, and not too much teaching happens in August – but that does give me a chance to shout about news from the writing end of my life. First, early in the month I completed the second of the four commissioned Hampshire Poet …
'You Have Won A Prize in a Poetry Contest, Collect £10…' Read More »
Since the end of May, we’ve been having a strange old time of it at home. Without warning, my wonderful wife was hit with bad pains – she said they were like labour, so I think that’s pretty bad – and our lives since have been dominated by dealing with them, trying to prevent them, and …
A brief break from Hampshire Poet news to say thank you very much to everyone who came to my ‘Poetry from Images’ workshop at Winchester Discovery Centre on Saturday. You were a great bunch: that moment when everyone’s hand went up for a shorter lunchbreak, so we could do more poetry, summed it up. Thanks …
A classroom of masterpieces: Poetry from Images day at Winchester Discovery Centre Read More »
