Here's a story. My mother, for her entire life, possessed some kind of allergy towards metal. She couldn't bear to wear jewellery very often, (her wedding and engagement rings excepted and perhaps a high quality silver ring). Mainly, she couldn't wear watches, because every single one of them would cease to work if she wore … Continue reading Testing mettle
Wordle poem
I was challenged to write a poem using recent Wordle solutions. If you don't want to know today's answer, then, please read no further. Anyway, this is what I came up with. Thirst It's a phase. Following trends, as they creak from one to another ceaselessly, without consideration. Preferring lustre over depth. Showy. Yet, they … Continue reading Wordle poem
Swiftly published, slowly writing
Two new poems with thanks to Swifts & Slows, plus a tiny new writing in progress report, and old writing renewed.
Since you asked
A little poem/conversation about raining on writing parades for this rainy day.
An unexpected journal
Two (more!) poems published today with thanks to @LothlorienJ
Burdened with glorious purpose
A link to my new piece with thanks to @_voidspace_zine plus a reflection on everything else that might be writing
Two x two
Two new poems out today with thanks to @gastropodamag
What’s haunting you
Of ghosts, and a newly published poem by me at The Ekphrastic Review @ekphrasticrev with nothing to do with ghosts.
Circular learning
Different teachers and lecturers have shaped my life and I'm reflecting on this as the memorial service for one of my undergrad lecturers was held recently. I didn't attend, but he was, and will probably remain to my mind, one of the most memorable people I have ever encountered within education or beyond it. By … Continue reading Circular learning
This is just to say
A poem about marketing emails.
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