Books Podcast · Every two months · A light-touch exploration of poems and poetry with Neil Elder, long-time English teacher and prize-winning poet. Taking inspiration from the Billy Collins poem, 'An ...

Waterskiing on Poetry - Waving hello to poems and poets with Neil Elder · Episode

Podcast Episode · Waterskiing on Poetry - Waving hello to poems and poets with Neil Elder · September 10 · 19m

Paul Farley poetry and a February coincidence.

I was thrilled to have this poem selected by George Bilgere as the poem he selected for June 16th. Each day George selects a poem, sends it to subscribers, and adds a little note about why he selec…

Large or small, decisions have consequences.

My thanks to David Cook editor of The High Window for including three poems of mine in the Summer edition - recently published. The poems range from the real life story of jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges who died during a visit to the dentist, to the fact that my local cemetery is overlooked by a large school to a stay I once had on the coast, just outside Belfast, where I woke up in the darkest darkness I had ever known (quality curtains, I guess!).

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Artists In Residence – Ever wondered what contemporary artists get up to on holiday? Hockney and Grayson Perry away with Tracey Emin. Damien not invited. Thanks to John Murphy at The Lake Poe…

Artists In Residence - Ever wondered what contemporary artists get up to on holiday? Hockney and Grayson Perry away with Tracey Emin. Damien not invited. Thanks to John Murphy at The Lake Poetry for publishing this Artists In Residence David Hockney has arrived by barge, he sits upon it like a burnished throne, resplendent in flat hat and Crocs …

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A poem to celebrate Darwin, ring necked parakeets, the Natural History Museum and half-term.

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