Almost Composed

Meditation and curiosity

Blurb

August 13, 2015

I’m chuffed to have some poems in Tom’s hip new zine, Blurb. It’s an outlet for writers at the publishing house I used to work at. The theme is ‘summer’ and there are some great turns: a poignant Island Ballad; an alternative beach body guide; a monologue on impermanance from a family of clouds; and Tom’s perfect […]

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The Tide Clock – free PDF

June 28, 2015

A PDF version of our poetry collection, The Tide Clock, is now available. Click here to read it. Feel free to share it with others. Blurb What do we find when the tide goes out and the coastline is exposed to light again, as if for the first time? In The Tide Clock, three poets […]

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The Tide Clock proof has arrived

May 19, 2015

The new poetry pamphlet I’ve been working on with Hugh Greasley and Joe Franklin has arrived in proof form. There are a couple of minor errors to be fixed: I didn’t leave enough room between the bleed and the page margin on the cover, for one thing. These should now be resolved and I’ve put […]

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Sea music: foreword to a poetry pamphlet

April 2, 2015

I’m hoping to send our new poetry pamphlet to the printers this weekend. It’s the second collaboration between myself and poets Joe Franklin and Hugh Greasley. To whet your appetite, here’s a draft of the foreword: Sea music Ted Hughes once said that if the reason we travelled to the coast during our holidays was to relax, […]

categories: essays, poems, reflections

Ishmael’s Leg

January 3, 2015

I’ve just finished typesetting the first draft of The Tide Clock and Other Poems. This will be a shared pamphlet featuring poetry by Joe Franklin, Hugh Greasley and myself. It’s not unlike the split 7″ singles bands used to put out to share production costs and pool their fanbases. You might remember a similar collection we produced in 2013, The Inner […]

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