In this final episode from season two, Matt Black discusses Edward Lear’s poem ‘The Owl and the Pussy-Cat’ and his own poem ‘The Owl and the Pussy-Cat and the Turtles of Fun.’ All notes on this episode can be found on the Podbean page here.
Posted on 18th October 2025 in NewsIn this episode from season two, Vicky Morris discusses Hannah Lowe’s poem ‘Fist’, Georgie Woodhead’s poem ‘When my Uncle Stood at the Top of the Office Block Roof’ and her own poem ‘Sea Road’. For all notes on this episode go to the Podbean page here.
Posted on 18th October 2025 in NewsIn this episode, I talk to Steve Ely about Geoffrey Hill’s collection Mercian Hymns and a number of poems from his sequence ‘The Battle of Brunanburh’ and the poem ‘Filth as thou art’ from his most recent collection Eely. Steve talks about the importance of Hill’s work as an ‘outlier’ poet in the Modernist tradition….
Posted on 5th May 2025 in NewsIt was good to see my poem ‘Tom’ being on the long-list for the National Poetry Competition 2024. The competition was judged by Stephen Sexton, John McAuliffe and Romalyn Ante. You can read the winning entries here: https://poetrysociety.org.uk/competitions/national-poetry-competition. Here’s my long-listed poem Tom It’s your business, come the day, to kill the pet: now he’s…
Posted on 25th March 2025 in NewsIn this episode, I talk to Abbi Flint about Elizabeth-Jane Burnett’s poem ‘Little Peach’ and her own poem ‘Cow Low Bowl (650 – 700 AD)’. Abbi talks about the connections between her work as an archaeologist and her creative processes as a poet. She explores the idea of fragments – whether they be finds or…
Posted on 19th March 2025 in News