August Poetry Postcard Fest 2016 cards received And here are the postcards which have made their way across the Atlantic… all 27 of them. I think there are more en route for those who have carried the fest on into September. In the mean time my thanks to Linda Malnack, Mary Beth Frezon, Rachel Barber,…
Category: Poetry
What I live for – poetry
Today I’m taking part in ‘What I Live For’, an online event organised by author Satya Robyn. People like me all over the world will be sharing what gives their lives meaning. In Satya Robyn’s novel ‘Thaw’, Ruth gives herself three months to decide whether she can find a reason to carry on living. There’s…
The Sugar Mile by Glyn Maxwell
I came across references to The Sugar Mile in a book about the first day of the Blitz, written by Peter Stansky, an American historian. This was on the shelf in the village library and even though I have plenty still to read about Malta I borrowed it in the interests of widening my reading.…
Poetry in the streets
There was a wonderful article by Jane Gardam in Saturday’s Guardian Review about her and a friend bringing poetry to the streets of Sandwich. Something I’ve always wanted to do but never been quite brave enough.
Day Fourteen – Time for some Salt
If you have not heard yet of Salt Books, based in Cambridge, England then you are in for a treat. They publish some of the best and most original poets writing today. About this time last year I treated myself to a subscription to their poetry bank – the best kind of bank around if…