Feckless

Sometimes it makes him angry, this dying,
and I keep doing things wrong,
forget to soften the stars with almond milk
before I bring them to his bedside on a saucer,
buy the wrong kind of green tea,
the wrong kind of holy water
from the village shop.

New poems to read from the debut collection of poet and playwright Nafeesa Hamid

#newpoemalert My first post-collection poem is here!

A short blog about my first days of research for some Wiltshire poems. Work I'm doing with funding from a Ginkgo Projects/Bloor Homes Local Artist Bursary.

Two poems from Richie McCaffery's new collection 'Passport' (Nine Arches Press) which deal with the poet's experience of living between two places, Ghent in Belgium and the UK.

Thanks to book blogger Jackie Law for reviewing my book

A few notes about my residency in a school, including how I set it up in the first place.

A poem from my new book featured at Bookanista

I've written about using poems by Rebecca Perry and Mary Jean Chan with Year 9 students #writerinschool #writingworkshop

New poem to read at And Other Poems featuring a poem from Rachel Bower's upcoming collection