Wednesday, December 10, 2025

A new translation of Culhwch and Olwen, the Oldest Arthurian Tale

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My verse translation of Culhwch ac Olwen. the Oldest Arthurian Tale, will be published by Shearsman in the UK in 2026.  Information about th...
Wednesday, October 29, 2025

The Invention of Charlotte Bronte by Graham Watson

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  This book tells the stories of Charlotte Bronte’s last years and the writing of Elizabeth Gaskell’s biography. Unusually, Watson takes the...
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

The Wrong Fairytale. Poems I have written #11

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The Wrong Fairytale   Behind each ornate door  a princess waits to hear the words  that set her free.   As you pass along  the shadowed corr...
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

The Piper's call. Poems I have written #10

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  The Piper’s Call (Planxty: Dublin 2005)    The high note, held, stretching the space above the drone; like wind torn spray as the great wa...
Tuesday, September 2, 2025

What I Learnt From Watching Television Archeology (Poems I've written #9)

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  What I Learnt From Watching Television Archeology   We've found another body!  Cut to cleavage shots of fine young animal: bare should...
Thursday, August 21, 2025

THREE ACT PLAY. FICTION IN VERSE. And a parody by Marcus Bales.

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A version of this poem was originally published in Meniscus. It was an early attempt   to write fiction in verse. After the poem, you can re...
Monday, August 4, 2025

Jeremy Hooker's 'With a Stranger's eyes'.

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  Published by Shearsman Books 2025. A longer version of this essay was first published in the Brazen Head as   The Watchful Muse  clicking ...