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.”
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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”
Windows for Burns.
Full of melancholy, the Wordsworth party recite Burns’ poetry over his grave in what feels to them a fitting ceremony of remembrance. The party are struck by the view of their native mountains from Burns Country, and the recital (Burns works), the landscape, the physical presence of the corpse, and the feeling of neighbourliness become interlinkedContinue reading “Windows for Burns.”
Keats-Shelley
I was delighted to have my poem ‘Buzz Pollination’ placed joint-second in the Keats-Shelley poetry awards by judges Matthew Sweeney and John Hartley-Williams, and chair Salley Vickers. The Awards, including the essay prizes, were announced at an event at St.Martins-in-the-fields on November 7th. I was joined in second place by Will Kemp, and Patrick CotterContinue reading “Keats-Shelley”
November News
October has been more about reading and listening than writing or performing. As Halloween creeps up I’m reminded how close November’s events are. On November 7th I’m travelling down to London for the Keats-Shelley Prize Awards. My poem ‘Buzz Pollination’ has been shortlisted, which means I get to attend the prize giving in the cryptContinue reading “November News”
Shadow Dispatches 