Stone steps I can’t help taking
These are the wonderful stone steps leading from the chapter…
Category Writing
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When we write about places – just looking
Lovingly ploughed Shropshire fields give up their ideas for poetry
Sometimes it’s good to be a learner writer
We did a writing workshop on Saturday 24th September at…
Feeling prehistoric
So I still use a pen and paper – a…
Writing or typing
Thoughts from American journalist, essayist and environmentlist Rebecca Solnit on lithub :…
Words on Water
On the morning of 20th August we went on the…
Flashes of inspiration
Blakenhall Writers’ Group in Wolverhampton asked me to lead a…
Coming soon
This Autumn looks busy already. It’s a great season for…
Wenlock Poetry Festival
Wenlock Poetry Festival runs from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th…
The Blog Tour
In The Blog Tour the writer responds on their blog to…
Japanese form
Haiku is not a kind of tag wrestling, as all…
The Poetry of Shropshire
Coming next week (November 2013) is a new anthology of The Poetry of Shropshire. It will be available from bookshops and other outlets at £7.99 or direct from Offa's Press . I've had the pleasure of co-editing it with Simon Fletcher, manager at Offa's Press.