Commonplace - Maria Taylor

It's been just over a day now since we learnt of Heaney's death. In place of flowers, social networks are full of tweets and updates...

Roy Marshall has been posting interviews with poets on his blog . I find that people who write poetry like to find out what other people w...

Summer is usually reading time. For some it’s writing time, but I seem to do an awful lot of reading in the holidays; sometimes for rev...

On Friday, took a trip into Beeston for a performance of 'Whistle' by Martin Figura. This was part of the Beeston Poets series a...

Tonight's homework... 1. I'm getting less keen on poetic buzzwords. Every time I hear the word 'emerging,' I wonder if ...

Sestina Production, mid 1960s Hello again. How many times have you heard someone say, 'oh here's something I wrote last night?...

I have been meaning to update the blog recently, but here's a short entry with some good news! Yesterday my book 'Melanchrini' w...

She... It seems that everyone has got an opinion on Margaret Thatcher. It would be difficult not to to have an opinion on her as she is...

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...