Just a reminder that tomorrow, Friday 25th November (@13:30 UK-time) I am being interviewed in Harrogate Library as part of their 'Books and Beverages' series. The interview will cover both my writing and publishing exploits. I'm looking forward to it hugely! Although this is an in-person event, it is also being filmed and streamed, and … Continue reading I’m being interviewed tomorrow!
Category: Poetry
New Podcast Episode
I have just posted a new podcast episode containing five of the sonnets recently shared. You can find them here along with a raft of other material
New Podcast episodes
I have just posted a new episode on my podcast. You can find it here.
Orienteering – a sonnet
I am writing a long sequence of sonnets that will see publication in 2023. I thought it might be fun to share some of them in advance. A sonnet is included below, along with an audio recording of me reading it. Orienteering The map offers no clues to where we are. You’d said “let’s get … Continue reading Orienteering – a sonnet
Defenceless Against Time – a sonnet
I am writing a long sequence of sonnets that will see publication in 2023. I thought it might be fun to share some of them in advance. A sonnet is included below, along with an audio recording of me reading it. Defenceless Against Time I never found the time to comprehend the passage of night, … Continue reading Defenceless Against Time – a sonnet
Unrequited Love – a sonnet
I am writing a long sequence of sonnets that will see publication in 2023. I thought it might be fun to share some of them in advance. A sonnet is included below, along with an audio recording of me reading it. Unrequited Love You offered nothing to suggest how love might grow. Love - you … Continue reading Unrequited Love – a sonnet
On Being Asked to Prove Love – a sonnet
I am writing a long sequence of sonnets that will see publication in 2023. I thought it might be fun to share some of them in advance. A sonnet is included below, along with an audio recording of me reading it. On Being Asked To Prove Love This fog, dense as any in living memory, … Continue reading On Being Asked to Prove Love – a sonnet
In Mourning – a sonnet
I am writing a long sequence of sonnets that will see publication in 2023. I thought it might be fun to share some of them in advance. A sonnet is included below, along with an audio recording of me reading it. In Mourning There used to be a sparkle in your eye fired by a … Continue reading In Mourning – a sonnet
Pilgrimage – a sonnet (one of my favourites!)
I am writing a long sequence of sonnets that will see publication in 2023. I thought it might be fun to share some of them in advance. A sonnet is included below, along with an audio recording of me reading it. Pilgrimage We set off before first light the pre-dawn drive straining the eye. Numbed … Continue reading Pilgrimage – a sonnet (one of my favourites!)
Protest song
poem here is a poem it's a haiku of some sort take it or leave it
Ian Gouge - Writer 