st elena speaks with the voice of a carrion bird the almost and thealways and the never and theneverything in between close yr eyes do you see now? let the map take youfrom here to there let the desert be … Continue reading
owego poem, from a great distance or all of us fucked like dogs in the rain or maybe just some of us beaten with the myth of god or of us raped but all of us left for dead and … Continue reading
the distant past, approaching standing in the sunlit spaces of late-afternoon shadows, he is talking to pollock who is dead but the truth is something else altogether warm for november but not … Continue reading
Ancient stump with brown pine needles sprinkled on the forest floor.No sign of the trunk and canopy that was once rootedThrough and by this humble stump.Further ahead, a hickory stands like granite.Around its crooked and askew trunk winds a vine,Embracing … Continue reading
Brian dug for victory. The lawns and flower borders disappeared. The invasion of potatoes, cabbages and onions began. ‘Soil for the stomach,’ became his mantra. It was in those lean times that he became a master at producing giant vegetables. … Continue reading
You were appointed Cheshire Poet Laureate in 2004, and Manchester Cathedral Poet of the Year in 2010. Congratulations! When did you first discover your passion for words? Almost as soon as I could speak it seems I was making up … Continue reading
Mark my words, apart from being a seminal thinker & slimy foreign art monger, Vas Pretorius DeFerens was something of an enigma to friends, enemies, & medical science alike. Allegedly he was a proud possessor of either three or four … Continue reading
Hilary Robinson (Photo Credit: Ben Robinson) Some Mother’s Do…..poems for (un) real people is on Weds 7th November 2018 @ 18:30 at the Portico Library event in Manchester. How wonderful! Can you tell us about it? Hilary Robinson: We felt the Portico … Continue reading
On the 10th August 2017 you will be performing at The Edinburgh Fringe with Rosie Garland, Hannah Raymond Cox, Andromada Mystic, Rachel Plummer, Angie Strachan, Carla Woodburn, Rebecca Monks and Taylor Swift 666 in a show called Poetry Bordello: Where … Continue reading
You have written a fascinating book called Gifts of Rings and Gold. Can you please tell us about it? Gifts of Rings and Gold – the title is to do with the position of the letter G. It also refers … Continue reading