“Sitting on indented marble cuboid in front of entrance…” It’s definitely a text from Dr Gareth. And indeed, there he is sitting at the entrance to the British Library. I normally catch up with him in Wales, but he’s passing through London on the way to a new assignment and I remember to ask him…
They say little creatures crawled out of the slimeAnd became human beings in a matter of timeSo that that which once wallowed in primeval bogsNow thrives in society’s civilised cogs. Which cog you engage with, you choose if you canAnd one I’ve encounteredIs Microwave Man. For me this story of Microwave man is one of…
So after a weekend off enjoying the Evangelium conference in the very school where Tolkien wrote some of the Lord of the Rings! We entered the black room to pay hommage. Apparently his son taught there for a while and so Tolkien and his wife came to visit their son.. But now to Joe and…
It’s almost midnight and I’m tapping on the glass – “How do I get out?” And there in the dark outside is a familiar face. It’s Joanna Bogle! ‘”There’s no key” she says. Great. Though the prospect of sleeping in a marble floored hall, surrounded by rather impressive Boards of School Captains since 1897 isn’t…
So this is my plan – It’s 50 days to National Poetry Day and the theme this year is ‘Change’. I’m fascinated by the question – what do poems change? My poems changed me as I wrote them and sometimes I hear that they’ve alchemised something in someone else. So, in order to celebrate launching…
How I found blogging material in Hyde Park this morning. My friend John Williams has inspired me to start blogging again, as a way to move towards writing another book, so at 6.45am I set out to re-inspire myself with my i phone 4 and my swim suit. I’d always thought that wild water swimming…
‘Once upon a time and light-years away, there were 2 aliens in a travel shop..’ Stand up poetry, song and sci-fi withSarah de NordwallBard and storyteller Via Transylvania and Saskatchewan,the BBC and the House of Lords.. ‘As relaxing as a head massage and as stimulating as a trip to a new planet!’ JP Theatre Director…
It was a very exciting day when the book first arrived in June.. and then the 2nd edition in November! It’s great that people have been really enjoying it – from those who would not normally choose to read poetry to world class poets with amazing reputations such as Mimi Khalvati. ‘It’s brilliant! I read…
In Asia, warriors do calligraphy. They know that beauty Is an act of war. A great assault against the darkness of impenetrability Against the chaos And the tearing of the word. And here in Europe, also When the spiritual warriors Held the quill And with each stroke Marked out the place Where Light could dwell…
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