Three forthcoming readings

Right, so I’ve got three in-person readings coming up. The details are as follows:

Saturday 28^th Feb. Guest Poet at Ver Poets in St Albans (with Mat Riches). Venue is St Albans General Library, kicking off at 11 a.m.. This is a free event.

Monday 2^nd March. Rogue Strands Poetry Reading at The Devereux in London (with Mat Riches, George Szirtes, Christopher Reid, Jemma Borg and Katharine Towers). This event begins at 6.45 p.m. and it’s free.

Tuesday 3^rd March. Guest Poet at Ouse Muse in Bedford. The venue is the Eagle Bookshop, starting at 8 p.m..

It would be great to see you there!

Rogue Strands event on 2nd March...

✅George Szirtes ✅Christopher Reid ✅Jemma Borg ✅Katharine Towers  

I can't quite believe we've brought this stunning line-up together for our forthcoming Rogue Strands event. It would grace any of the top literary festivals in the country. And on top of that, it's free! Here's the poster with all the details (2nd March at 18.45 at The Devereux Tavern in London)...

An open goal?

Endings to poems that tap it into an open goal seem to me far less interesting than ones that bend it into the top corner when the keeper wasn't even expecting a shot.

The book knows...

The book knows that, just like humans, it's destined to be born and die alone. But it also knows (again, just like humans) that it would far prefer to be accompanied in the meantime.

The book trembles with anticipation when the poet finally places it in an envelope and heads for the post office, launching it on a journey to its reader, though that's nothing in comparison to the feeling of being held at last, its pages caressed and maybe even folded back if one or two of the poems really hit home...