Commonplace - Maria Taylor

Hello again. It's been a while and spring is almost here, so thought I should write something. Aiming to write a longer post and to...

Christmas is now behind us, and just before the holidays I received a copy of Josephine Corcoran’s new pamphlet TheMisplaced House , publ...

Hi, happy new year to you! It's very lucky I can still just about manage to post on my blog as there was a very nasty accident last nigh...

Looking back at the year's blog post it seems that most entries are about events and the inevitable travel to different place s and loca...

It's December and in this month 'best of' lists begin to appear. Very pleased to see Commonplace on Matthew Stewart's blog R...

 The Aldeburgh Scallop It feels like a while ago now, but I had a great time at the 26 th Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, (or APF26 for...

Just a quick note today.  My poem, 'Ferry' is in the latest issue of 'The Warwick Review.' Many thanks to the editor, Michae...

I said I'd post more frequently and here I am again dammit! These are a few notes on recent happenings. At the beginning of the month I ...

This is a Disney image, I know, please don't sue me.... It's very easy to fall down a rabbit hole. Alice falls down a rabbit ...

People talk about second books being difficult, or indeed the second of any creative endeavour, as in the well-u...

A couple of months ago, a Londoner told me they were planning to head to Leicester. According to her, Leicester wasn't just north of ...