Huge thanks to poet Rachel Lewis for publishing this interview with me on her Substack A Poet’s Work. We discuss different aspects of writing about grief – the reasons, benefits and dangers. I also touch on my forthcoming collection Phantoms. I enjoyed being made to think (after a night of limited sleep, camping with my… Continue reading

Really happy to have my poem ‘At the MIND Drop-in Centre, Beckenham’ appear in the Grassroots issue of Magma, edited by Lisa Kelly and Patrizia Longhitano. I particularly like Rona Luo’s poem ‘Vinegar’ and Elizabeth Gibson’s ‘They have put an oxygen mask on the seagull’ in this issue. It was the 30th anniversary and the… Continue reading

My poem ‘Annunciation’ appears in issue 142 of Poetry Ireland Review alongside some wonderful work by Katrina Naomi, Lisa Kelly and an interview with Damian Smyth. It’s a poem springing from Fra Angelico’s fresco from 1441, to which I was introduced in a workshop with Claire Williamson. Recently, I have been ending readings with this… Continue reading