March 2014 – Shadow Dispatches

And the mountains, the mountains are dancing.

After a few hibernatory months, Spring demands action. Here are details of three events I’m taking part in during April in Lancashire and Cumbria: On April 10th 2014 I’ll be reading at April Poets, along with Yvonne Reddick, Mark Carson, and Ron Baker, with music from Jonathan Tansley. On April 26th 2014 I’ll be reading atContinue reading “And the mountains, the mountains are dancing.”

On Transparency and Self-Reflection

This week I went back up to Dumfries to see my window poem, which has just been installed in the upper landing of the Globe Inn, next to the Burns Room with its historical etchings. I love the way the text is mediated by the transparency and reflective qualities of the glass. Next door, HughContinue reading “On Transparency and Self-Reflection”