Poetry Poems for Gill and Chris, from QUICKSILVER Two poems from my collection QUICKSILVER, written for my sister Gill and her husband Chris, musicians.
Poetry 'Nocturnal', a poem from QUICKSILVER (Lapwing, 2022) 'Nocturnal', a poem from my collection Quicksilver (Lapwing, Belfast 2022)
Poetry Featured Two poems from QUICKSILVER (Lapwing, 2022) Muse If I knew your name I’d whisper it to the trees. If I could see your face I’d touch it with my hands. If I could hear your voice I’d catch it with my tongue. If I could smell your body I’d keep it close
Poetry The Anxiety of Influence A pair of villanelles I wrote a while ago about the anxiety of influence...a concept which goes on fascinating me, even though I am long done with Harold Bloom.
Poetry A Rebellion An elegy for my first husband, Jonathan Wordsworth. The setting is St Catherine's College, Oxford.
Poetry The Anthropocene A poem about global warming, from my collection ‘The Pebble and the Feather’ (Ludo Press, 2019).
Poetry Tess A pantoum inspired by the superb BBC adaptation of Hardy’s novel,Tess of the D‘Urbervilles.
Poetry Five Sonnets from VITAL STREAM Five sonnets from my collection ‘Vital Stream’ (Carcanet, 2019), which tells the story of the Wordsworth circle in 1802 as William’s marriage to Mary Hutchinson approached.
Poetry A Prayer to Walt Whitman A poem about the constraints of fixed form, expressing a longing to work in the medium of free verse.
Poetry The Ballad of Mr Smith A ballad prompted by seeing photos of Bournemouth beach as Lockdown ended.
Poetry Ars Poetica The Prologue to 'Ars Poetica' (Ludo Press, 2019), a sonnet sequence about poetry and the poetry publishing world.
Poetry A Headington Notebook Originally written as haikus: an almanac about the seasons in Headington, Oxford, where I used to live.
