Commonplace - Maria Taylor

I have found myself with a bit of time to catch up with the blog. It's over two weeks since States of Independence was held at De Montfo...

I have been miles away. My head is in another country. My thoughts are with my family in Cyprus, many of whom will be losing jobs, houses an...

I am somewhat allergic to writing competitions. I tend not to enter many and when I do I go for competitions where I know the money is contr...

Who Lives in a House Like This? I attended the Nottingham Festival of Words both as a performer and a punter. On Saturday 9th Februar...

 A convincing January scene. Now that February is upon us I've just realised that I've fallen behind with the blog! The begin...

Having written and published a poetry collection there was one thing I forgot to take into account, reviews. I've written a lot of them ...

New year and new things to do. I was tagged by Matt Merritt to answer the following questions. The questions were devised by Sophie Mayer an...

As an end of year sign off I thought I should probably write a few things about my reading and writing activities. I'll keep it brief. F...

I did entertain the notion of compiling a 'best-of-2012' book list, but the feeling quickly passed. Instead I'm writing about a ...

A poem by Dennis O'Driscoll, who died yesterday, Christmas Day. As a nominal Greek Orthodox it speaks to me. Missing God His grace ...

Last night I did a reading with a difference. I read along with Lemn Sissay, Jacob Sam-La Rose and Laura Dedicoat. This was one of a series ...

A couple of weeks ago I went to The Poetry Business in Sheffield for a workshop with Michael Laskey. You’ll probably know that Michael is th...

It's November. Haven't updated the blog since September and we've gone from summer to autumn without so much as a squea...