Commonplace - Maria Taylor

As it's Burns' Night, here's a lovely stamp It feels like a long time since I've blogged. Actually it's three weeks, ...

I am now on Twitter. To be frank I don't get it. I'm still a Tweeting virgin and feel all clumsy and am not sure what to put where. ...

Bricks or cobbles? At any rate,  tres urban . I am determined to get this post in before 2012; it may be the only constructive piece of w...

This is traditionally the time of year when people put up thoughtful, balanced and considered retrospectives of the year. I'm of moderat...

No, that's a lie. It's only true in a metaphorical sense, and you know how writers like that sort of thing. Ok, I'd like to anno...

 hap•pen•stance [hap-uh n-stans] noun: a chance happening or event. I have a new heroine and her name is Helena Nelson, the chief edit...

I've been nominated for the Leibster blog award by Gary Longden, a lovely initiative to support bloggers with small but perfectly form...

Hearing Voices Issue 4 - Because you're worth it. Doesn't time fly? A busy couple of weeks with some very tip top poetry events ...

I'm very impressed with Ms Winehouse's ability to blend the sounds of a classic Jazz styling with a unique North London idiom. '...

Ok, let's begin. There's quite a lot happening this week. If I could, I'd be catching John Agard at WORD! in Leicester tomorrow,...

I found this the other week and was a very happy bunny to see my poem up on the Guardian online. Thank you, Colette Bryce for selecting my p...

 Jess Mayhew and yours truly, Maria Taylor I've been quiet of late. The last few weeks have seen me head down over a desk wheneve...

Hello world, I've been having many technological gripes at the moment. The television has had a nervous breakdown since the digital swit...

The Leicester shindigs jointly held by Nine Arches Press and Crystal Clear Creators have a real sense of buzz about them and last Monday...

UTR 8 - with added Cow! The other day I got my new copy of 'Under the Radar' and I really think it's a very strong and m...

  [N.B. There's no reason for why I called this blog post 'Frog' I couldn't think of a better title and Roy's ...

Sunday, around  midnight, found me in the departures lounge of Larnaca Airport. Over a sunburnt shoulder I read the headlines that Amy Wi...

This one's for you, Ms. Tyler-Bennett There’s so much going on at the moment, festival season is in full swing. Yours truly is havin...

Yes, this image is indeed relevant. I don’t normally like to write ‘instructive’ blog posts, but I was having a chat about the subject of...

The new issue of Tears in the Fence arrived through the letterbox, featuring Alan Baker, Janet Sutherland, David Caddy and lots of others i...