Commonplace - Maria Taylor

Mr. Commonplace and I were sitting round the breakfast table debating the pros and cons of social networking. I had a moment of insight, I s...

August is Commonplace's birthday month. Looking back, Commonplace was born on August 5th 2010, but I've only just got round to updat...

A short blog entry on a couple of recent publications. At the beginning of the month, I had poems featured on both The Compass and the Pr...

Lifesaving Poems , Ed. Anthony Wilson, Bloodaxe Books, 2015 At the time of writing I am sitting in my front room with all the car ala...

I just read something about an editor criticising the way poets write covering letters when submitting poems. It was mainly about how email ...

Commonplace has been washing its hair for the last two months, but here I am again. It's time to catch up. It's easier to make a lis...

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 ...