after more than three years’ work, my first full collection is almost ready to launch. Follow here and on Instragram or Threads for details of reading dates.
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Coming very soon…..
after more than three years’ work, including a Masters in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan, next month my first full collection makes it into print – Percy and Grace – secrets, lies and love. More details at the end of this month and meanwhile I hope you like the cover.
Book launch
So honoured to read at the Poetry Pharmacy for the launch of Jean Atkin’s collection The Bicycles of Ice and Salt, published by Indigo Dreams, with (l to r) Wolverhampton Poet Laureate Kuli Kohli, Steve Griffiths, Jean, Margaret Adkins and Gareth Culshaw. As well as writing great poems Jean is a generous supporter of poetsContinueContinue reading “Book launch”
Listening
This ancient oak is my favourite tree. Whenever I pass it I think the various storms it has weathered have left it with a listening ear.https://photos.app.goo.gl/L3SnmkrcihtzB9dB6
#haikish alert
who had the wit to
#knit Darwin and his creatures
to cheer us all up
Life in brackets
deep in the Shropshire woodlands…
Autumn blues
bites taken from my edges…
Sober poems needed
in water not gin…
Growing together
love or codependence?
Smear tests
He thought the cervix was that little fleshy thing that hangs down at the back of your throat…