This was commissioned by the Worthing Herald for National Poetry Day; I'd marked the previous National Poetry Day by being poet in residence, writing poems about the week's news. This poem was supposed to celebrate the way that the paper ...Read More

An old poem for a long-past Poetry Day

It's a new year, and for the past 16 days I've been in planning heaven; brainstorming ideas, setting some targets, making sure events are lined up for 09 and getting ready for a really good year. (Oh - and getting ...Read More

The Trouble With Artists