Two in Leaf Garden

Really pleased to have two poems up at Leaf Garden # 2. This newish journal is publishing some excellent writers and is finding a good style for itself. I'm pleased to be onboard. The issue is here.

Two in The Houston Literary Review

Pleased to have two poems in the June edition of The Houston Literary Review. The issue is here as a downloadable PDF.

Luciole Press

I sent some poems to the excellent Luciole Press site a few months back, and was pleased to find that they had been accepted for their Spring/Summer 09 issue. The poems are here.

Haiku Scotland # 20

Pleased to say that eight of my englyns, and a piece about this form extracted from my PhD thesis, appear in the latest issue of Haiku Scotland. More can be read about this great magazine here.

Twitter Poems

Taking inspiration from Joe Moran's Motorway Tweets, I have had a go at a few in the past few days. They are here but are pasted below also:

Watford Gap grass verge through coffee steam, reassurance of traffic noise, knowing we are an hour away - the beauty of the service station

M6 Stafford Services North twilight mirrored reflection a hint of neon cold walk through car-park for supplies and hot coffee

Callused Hands # 2

Pleased to have a poem published at the excellent new e-zine Callused Hands.

Try and help

FORWARDED FROM SALT.

As many of you will know, Jen and I have been struggling to keep Salt moving since June last year when the economic downturn began to affect our press. Our three year funding ends this year: we’ve £4,000 due from Arts Council England in a final payment, but cannot apply through Grants for the Arts for further funding for Salt’s operations. Spring sales were down nearly 80% on the previous year, and despite April’s much improved trading, the past twelve months has left us with a budget deficit of over £55,000. It’s proving to be a very big hole and we’re having to take some drastic measures to save our business.
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I bought a book - Peter Hughes's Blueroads

Michael Murphy RIP

Sad to hear the news of the passing of Michael Murphy. Condolences to Deryn and their two children. Obituary here and more here. Rest in Peace.