My two old and trusted pencils have finally reached the end of their working lives and, with much sadness, well, a touch of sadness, I’m going to thank them and put them into retirement. The exciting news is that I’m…
Today is National Poetry Day here in the UK, so I thought I’d mark it – as I did yesterday, by working on a new poem. I tried to do what mostly works for me when tackling a new project.…
I own a number of pens, ball point, felt-tip and fountain, and they all have their function in my life. Also, a lot of my time is spent at the computer and I’m perfectly happy typing away all day. There…
I was in London for my monthly date with Camden-Lumen Poetry on Friday and so I spent some time on the Lewes to London Victoria train (about an hour) – a perfectly pleasant journey from rural Sussex through the many…
I think I must be an odd mix of high-tech and low-tech because my writing routine involves my beloved i-Mac computer, of course, but I often resort to that most enjoyable and trouble-free pieces of technology, the lead pencil –…