Here are the words and my poem for the thirty-fourth week of the 2019 Poetry Challenge. I'm writing a poem a week using prompts sent to me on Instagram. Read more →

Earlier this year I entered the Ros Spencer Poetry contest with my poem, Recipe for a Poem. It didn't win any awards but it was selected to be published in the anthology for the competition featuring poems from 2016-2019. It's been a long time since I've had any poetry published... Read more →

I'm submitting a poem to an anthology with my publisher, Ginninderra Press. I have no idea if this poem will fit the theme of the anthology or catch the selector's eye. In short, I don't know if it's going to meet someone else's standards, fit with their vision or be... Read more →

Here are the words and my poem for the thirty-third week of the 2019 Poetry Challenge. I'm writing a poem a week using prompts sent to me on Instagram. Read more →

It's been amazing to be on holiday, away from all the usual expectations and surrounded by new sights, scents and flavours. The highlight of our trip to Bali so far has been a visit to the Pande coffee plantation near Gunung Kawi. It's farmed by Agus and has been in... Read more →

I'm having a moment of existential crisis and self doubt. I'm despairing of ever writing a poem that will get published in a literary magazine. The poems in literary journals are incredible. When I read the ones that have been accepted I feel so ordinary. It's my secret fear. Being... Read more →

Here are the words and my poem for the thirty-second week of the 2019 Poetry Challenge. I'm writing a poem a week using prompts sent to me on Instagram. Read more →

I thought I'd share with you what I've got in my reading pile at the moment. I seem to be dipping in and out of a few books as the mood strikes me. I scored In Other Words by Jumpha Lairi at a books sale along with Leonard Cohen's Book... Read more →

Here are the words and my poem for the thirty-first week of the 2019 Poetry Challenge. I'm writing a poem a week using prompts sent to me on Instagram. Read more →

Over the last couple of months I've been sending off my poems to publishers and competitions. Only to receive silence in return. Being a writer can be a very disheartening experience. Working away for months, pouring your soul into your poetry only to have it rejected. Last Wednesday was particularly... Read more →