Rogue Strands

The poem is sitting opposite you, watching while you read it through. Once you raise your eyes from the page, it catches your glance. Takes ...

About a month ago, Alice Roberts, the famous broadcaster, author and academic, shared my poem,  ‘Th e Last Carry ’ , on Bluesky. It jumped f...

Mat and I had a great audience of 35-40 for our Rogue Strands event in London last week. Poets met readers, readers met poets, pints were dr...

Ti m Love is a scrupulous reviewer, bringing an analytical, scientific eye to bear on the poetry he tackles. This is why I'm especially ...

Back in the day, we used to create mix tapes for our mates. Of course, they were really made up of the music we enjoyed listening to ourselv...

I never say never use a certain device/technique/grammatical structure in a poem, because I believe we need to have access to all the tools ...

My second full collection, Whatever You Do, Just Don't , was supposed to be Happen Stance Press' last major publication, though Nel...