The Poetry Trust

December 29, 2015

Have you visited the Poetry Trust’s website recently? In my opinion, it showcases the democratic internationalism of the Trust’s vision …

Looking back

December 16, 2013

I have now posted for the last time to the 2013 Aldeburgh Poetry Festival blog. Thanks to The Poetry Trust …

November 10, 2013

Here’s the latest instalment of the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival blog.

November 9, 2013

If you’re accessing the Aldeburgh Festival blog through my personal blog, then I’ll keep posting links to it here. This …

November 9, 2013

Last night’s readings by Olivia McCannon, Katha Pollitt and Robin Robertson plumbed the depths and heights of the …

October 30, 2013

I’ve been writing little close readings of poems by the poets featuring in the twenty-fifth Aldeburgh Poetry Festival since August, …

October 8, 2013

The Poetry Trust’s Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Blog has updated with my close reading of Terrance Hayes’ Friday: Poem, and you can find the …

September 7, 2013

The Poetry Trust’s Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Blog has updated with a close reading of Robert Wrigley’s Soundings, and you can …

August 9, 2013

Regular readers will know that I try to avoid dishing out other people’s poems in full. Doing that would hardly …