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The nights are drawing in here in London and the Christmas lights have just been turned on. This is a poem for the season, inspired by the Christmas angel outside Geenpark tube station, Picadilly. You can find it, and more poems for mid-winter, in my Poems for Christmas collection. It’s available in paperback and hardback, as well as ebook, and makes a great gift.
Allowing Now, my new book of mindfulness poetry for creatives is out. And while they are aimed at the general reader, I have a particular interest in mindfulness poetry for creatives. I’d love you to buy it, if that sort of thing appeals to you.
The trees in London are spectacular at the moment. This particular beauty gave me a new poem: Tree Alert.
Practicing mindfulness, though they would never have called it that, is something that poets have always done. And poetry readers … Read more
This post is about October’s exclusive Patreon poem for patrons: The Rings of Our Being
My friends Clarisse and Bobby are getting married soon and they asked me to write a poem for the wedding, a translation of one of the old Irish love poems.
Today’s poem, Pteronophobia, was inspired by a trip to Matthew’s Yard in Croydon, where my daughter lives. This creative hub is home to the first fully crowd-funded theatre in the UK, a successful art gallery, showcasing the work of emerging local artists and multifunction space which hosts a diverse range of arts and community events.
New Poem Reveal: The Rest of Our Being As well as books and other bonuses, my patrons get exclusive poetry … Read more
I recently took a create date in County Wexford, the corner of Ireland where I was born and raised, and the place that I find more creatively inspiring than anywhere else in the world. It gave me this poem about emigration.
Sunday is poetry day on the blog. Inspired by a post I saw on Facebook, here’s this week’s inspirational poetry: Showerings
New Exclusive Inspirational Poetry on Patreon: Font of Silence
My daughter and I took a trip to the Kiss My Genders Exhibition at The Hayward Gallery (more about this … Read more
This week I spent my create-date with Freddie Mercury, or rather, his reincarnation by Rami Malek in the new movie, … Read more
Sunday Inspirational Poetry: Dark Night As creative entrepreneurs, we’re doers by definition. But sometimes, when things get hard it’s not about … Read more
People power is rocking poetry, taking it out into the streets and pubs and festivals and providing a new kind … Read more
This week’s inspirational poetry: Queen of Queens. My mother’s name is Brigid, named as almost every Irish person used to … Read more