'The Holy Place' chapbook, Published Poetry and CV (2020)

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This publications blog is an ongoing experiment. I am hoping it will enable me to keep abreast of my published poetry and related activities. I am using it to supplement the more static information on my website and the more detailed entries on my poetry blog. The ('blogpost published') dates against each post, initial post apart, are often of little significance.

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Please see below for The Holy Place chapbook, Published Poems, Readings etc.

 

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Published Poems, Readings etc. 

 

2020

September 2020

• 'Mount's Bay' [21-2020] has been published in Reach Poetry #264, Indigo Dreams Publishing. 

 

August 2020

• Two poems, [19-2020] and [21-2020], accepted for publication in Reach Poetry, Indigo Dreams Publishing.

July 2020

• Completed 'Know Your Publishing Options' course, National Centre for Writing.

June 2020

• My poem, 'Spring Fever in the South of France' [3-2019] has been awarded Second Place in the Petrarchan Sonnet Fixed Form Competition (Category A) for Metverse Muse, India. Two other poems, 'Butterfly Brooch from Raasay' [7-2017] and 'Thoughts from a Tudor Rose Garden' [4-2020] have been published in the Triple Issue 57-59 of the journal. 
• My poem, 'Wildfire' [11-2020], has been accepted for 'Locked Down: poems, diaries and art from the 2020 pandemic, an international anthology of lockdown poems' to be published by Poetry Space (ed. Sue Sims). 

May 2020

•  My poem, 'Elegy for Idris Davies' [55/2001], is now online here as part of the Poetry Library Southbank Centre's digitisation of The Seventh Quarry (ed. Peter Thabit Jones, Wales). 
•  I completed Jim Bennett's (most enjoyable) PoetryKit course on 'Nature Poetry'.
• My poem, 'Eris and the Apple' [13/2020], has been published alongside artwork by Jongo Park (South Korea) on p.69 in the 7th international eBook edition of Immagine e Poesia, edited by Huguette Bertrand (Canada) and Lidia Chiarelli (Italy). The anthology is dedicated to Lawrence Ferlinghetti to mark his 101st birthday.   

 

April 2020

• My poem, 'Bound for Sicily' [19/2017], has been published in Reach Poetry from Indigo Dreams Publishing.
• I completed Jim Bennett's (most enjoyable) PoetryKit course on 'Using Traditional Forms in Modern Poetry'.

Febuary 2020

• My poem, 'The Beachcomber' [24/2018], has been published in Reach Poetry from Indigo Dreams Publishing.

January 2020

• My poem, 'Warkworth Hermitage: a Place Apart' [29/2018], published in Reach Poetry from Indigo Dreams Publishing, was awarded 4th Place in The Box for the Readers' Vote.

 

2020 Poetry Summary - here
2019 Poetry Summary - here
2018 Poetry Summary - here
2017 Poetry Summary - here
2016 Poetry Summary - here
2015 Poetry Summary - here
2014 Poetry Summary - here
2013 Poetry Summary - here
2012 Poetry Summary - here
2011 Poetry Summary - here

 

For Awards, Photography, Art and older CV items, please click here. 

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'The Holy Place' chapbook, Published Poetry and CV (2019)

 2019

December 2019

• My poem, 'Warkworth Hermitage: a Place Apart' [29/2018] was published in Reach Poetry from Indigo Dreams Publishing.

November 2019

• I read two poems, 'Storm and Steam' [5/2019] (from the new anthology) and 'Penwith Fingerstone' [20/2017], at the launch event of Port in the Peter Pears Gallery on Friday 8 November at Poetry in Aldeburgh. Port is a new book, produced and published by MW Bewick and Ella Johnston of Dunlin Press. Copies can be purchased here. Cover image design: Ella Johnson.

 

 October 2019

• Poem, 'Carleon Cove' [10/2019], has been pinned to the Places of Poetry map. 
• My poem-and-letter submission [9/2019] has been accepted for the Indigo Dreams Publishing 'Dear Dylan' anthology (to be edited by IDP poet and Cheltenham Poetry Festival Director, Anna Saunders).
• My poem, 'Trim, the most affectionate of friends' [23/2018], has been published in the October issue, #253, of Reach Poetry from Indigo Dreams Publishing. Also in #253 I was interested to read the published comments from Angela Porter concerning my sestina, 'Scales of Silence' (publication details below), and pauses in the reconstructed music of Athanaeus from Ancient Greece. Thank you, Angela.  

September 2019

• The September issue of Reach Poetry from Indigo Dreams Publishing revealed that my poem, 'Scales of Silence', took First Place in the Reach Poetry readers' vote for August. 

August 2019

• My poem, 'Two Shepherds in Tam-O'-Shanters' [25/2018], has been awarded First Place (Category A) in the Terza Rima Contest for the Metverse Muse, 54th to 56th Triple Issue, ed. Dr. H. Tulsi, India. 
• Two poems, '2nd February at Greyfriars, Dunwich' [20/2019] and 'Cockle Women' [7/2006], have been included in Metverse Muse, 54th to 56th Triple issue, June 2019 (ed. Dr. H. Tulsi, India). 
• My sestina, 'Scales of Silence', has been published in Reach Poetry, #251.

 June 2019

• My poem, 'The Atlas Moth' [36/2018], has been published in Reach Poetry, #249.

May 2019

• My poem, 'Afternoon Tea in The Guggenheim' [4/2019] has been included in the 2019 Immagine e Poesia E Book anthology, edited by Huguette Bertrand and Lidia Chiarelli. The international anthology of poems paired with artworks is a birthday tribute to Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
• 'Puffin's Assembly' [15/2016] awarded an Honourable Mention in the Orbis (ed. Carole Baldock) Readers' Awards for #186. 
• 6th Festival of Suffolk Poetry (11 May): I attended a workshop led by Grevel Lindop on the 'Music of Place', and read two poems, my milestone one [5/2019] and [5/2019], with Felixstowe Cafe Poets on the theme of 'Earth and Space Matters'.  
• Featured Poet of the Month in the poetry pages for FreeXpresSion (ed. Peter Pike and Catherine Lee), Australia. Poems included in the feature:  [15/2015], [13/2017], [20/2015], [1/2000], [13/2004], [13/2013], [6/2015] and [14/2016].  

April 2019

• My harbour poem [5/2019] has been accepted for inclusion in Port, the forthcoming anthology from Dunlin Press.

March 2019

• Attended the AGM of Suffolk Poetry Society and read 'Puffin's Assembly' [15/2016] (see below under February) at the post-meeting Reading on Exits and Entrances. 
• My poem, 'Elegy for Idris Davies' [55/2001], is one of the featured poems for February on the Second Light Live website - here (and scroll down a little).   
• 'Afternoon Tea in The Guggenheim' [4/2019] has been accepted for the 2019 Immagine e Poesia E Book, edited by Huguette Betrand and Lidia Chiarelli. 

February 2019

• 'Puffin's Assembly' [15/2016] published in Orbis #186 (ed. Carole Baldock).

January 2019

• '(W)hole Thoughts at Men-an-Tol' [35/2018] published in Reach Poetry, #244 (ed. Ronnie Goodyer), Indigo Dreams Publishing, January 2019
• [15/2015], [13/2017], [20/2015], [1/2000], [13/2004], [13/2013], [6/2015] and [14/2016] for the poetry pages for FreeXpresSion (ed. Peter Pike and Catherine Lee), Australia.  

Poetry Publication: 2018

 

2018

December 2018

• My Poetry and Writing blog receives a mention in Matthew Stewart's Rogue Strands list of Best UK Poetry Blogs for 2018.  
  
• 'Land of the Wandering Snail' [27/2017] has been published in Suffolk Flora Preservation Trust Adult Education Series 5 (2018): Ripples and Reflections, Leiston Press Ltd.  
• Three short poems have been published in Star Tips for Writers #128 (2018/No.6) ed. Wendy Webb. The poems are: (cherita) rejoice for our silent trees [40/2018], Under a Star (Magi poem) [41/2018], and Three Cliffs Bay (Magi poem) [42/2018]. 
• 'The Ceilidh House' [47/2009] has been published online in Quill and Parchment for December - here.  
• 'Esto perpetua (May it last for ever)' [37/2018] was published by Ronnie Goodyer of Indigo Dreams Publishing for Reach Poetry #243.  

November 2018

• Sole judge for local poetry competition, 'Remembrance 100'. I hosted our local 'Remembrance 100' Poetry Prize-giving afternoon of readings.
• I read from Towards the light: Poems of reconciliation at Quay Place in Ipswich on 8 November (flyer below), and on Saturday 10 November at The Minories in Colchester.  
• Poetry in Aldeburgh: I attended two workshops, 'The 3 Ps of Getting Published' by Helena Nelson of HappenStance Press and 'Writing the Dangerous and the Wild' led by Pascale Petit.   

October 2018

• My competition entry was one of nine submissions to make the Shortlist of the Indigo Dreams Publishing competition for first full collections. Congratulations to the authors of the two winning collections, Ben Gwalchmai and Zoe Mitchell.  
• 'A Brush with Nature' [20/2015] published by Ronnie Goodyer of Indigo Dreams Publishing for Reach Poetry #241.
• Two poems, [35/2018] and [37/2018], accepted for Reach Poetry, Indigo Dreams Publishing. 
• Attended an excellent poetry workshop on the theme of 'Poet in the Landscape', arranged by Suffolk Poetry Society and led by Tamar Yoseloff, as part of the ¡Cornucopia! Alde Valley Autumn Festival. 
• Christmas poem, 'Emmanuel's Love' [20/2018], included in Merry Christmas, Everyone, a seasonal anthology produced by the Association of Christian Writers (edited by Wendy H. Jones, Amy Robinson and Jane Clamp, 2018).

September 2018

• First Prize in Metverse Muse Fixed Form 'Ottava Rima' Contest (Category A), adjudicated by an international jury, including Bernard M. Jackson from the UK. Winning poem: 'Vermeer’s Masterpiece, 'The Artist in his Studio (Allegory of Painting)' [1/2018].
• 'Rainbows and Welsh Cakes' [13/2017] published by Dr. H. Tulsi in Metverse Muse #51-53.
• 'An Island for Avocets' [20/2015] published by Ronnie Goodyer of Indigo Dreams Publishing for Reach Poetry #240.

July and August 2018

• Two poems accepted by Ronnie Goodyer of Indigo Dreams Publishing for Reach Poetry. 
• Poem accepted by Carole Baldock of Orbis (and Kudos) 

May and June 2018

• 'Penwith Finger Stone' [20/2017] (which took Third Prize in the Milestones Competition, run by Write Out Loud on behalf of the Milestone Society and judged by Brian Patten last year) has been published as part of an article entitled 'West Penwith Fingerstones - Billy Foss and Henry Quick' by Ian Thompson in the Journal of the Cornwall Association of Local Historians, #70, Spring 2018
• Read a new poem, [28/2017], at the 5th Festival of Suffolk Poetry on 26 May at the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket. 
• [15/2016] accepted by Orbis.
• My review of Susan Richardson's latest collection, Words the Turtle Taught Me, has been published in the spring/summer 2018 issue of Twelve Rivers, the magazine of Suffolk Poetry Society. 
• A Christmas poem, [20/2018], has been accepted for the ACW Christmas anthology.
• 'Butterfly Mountain' [19/2018] has been published alongside artwork entitled 'Butterfly' by South Korean artist, Jongo Park, in the 2018 Immagine e Poesia ekphrastic eBook. If you follow this link, the anthology can be downloaded as a pdf. 

April 2018

• I was one of the readers representing Suffolk Poetry Society at our event with Poetrywivenhoe, Border Crossings II, at the University of Suffolk on Wed. 25 April. Our theme of 'Conflict and Resolution' was interpreted widely. My set comprised the following poems: 'et in terra pax' [25/2016], 'Climate Change' [17/2017], 'Lost' (about Edward Thomas) [6/2017], 'A Lesson from Homer' [29/2003] and 'Mah Jong: Clattering Sparrow' [12/2005].

March 2018

• Towards the light (edited by Vivien Whelpton and produced by Pam Job and Judith Wolton), containing my poem, 'et in terra pax' [25/2016], was launched at the Essex Book Festival, Colchester. (Sadly the snow prevented a number of contributors from attending the reading...)
• Metverse Muse Golden Jubilee Issue has just arrived from India. It includes a number of my poems - 'Words from the Hygroscope' [18/2017], 'On Emily's Moor' [13/2004], 'Afternoon with Alfred Wallis in St Ives' [1/2000], 'Dragonfly Dance' [13/2013], 'Mapping You' [6/2015], 'From the Shepherd's Hut, Sutton Hoo' [20/2015] and 'A Wand of Willow' [14/2016]. 
• 'To a Mermaid' [21/20117] has been awarded First Prize in 'Category A' for the Metverse Muse Burns Stanza Fixed Form Competition, adjudicated by an international jury, including Bernard M. Jackson from the UK. 
• 'Climate Change' [17/2017], has been published in Star Tips (ed. Wendy Webb, #124).

February 2018

• My poem, 'Elegy for Idris Davies' [55/2001], is one of the featured poems for February on the Second Light website - here.  
• My poet profile for Suffolk Poetry Society has been posted here. 
  

January 2018

• My poem, 'Land of the Wandering Snail' [27/2017], (about the habitat of the Wandering Snail, Lymnaea peregra aka Radix peregra), will feature in the Suffolk Flora Preservation Trust's 2018 Adult Education volume on the reserves at Simpson's Fromus Valley and Orchid Glade. Tim Gardiner's poem won the adult competition and my poem was commended along with two others.  The judges were Kaaren Whitney, Poet-in-Residence for the reserves, and Suffolk Poetry Society Chair, Florence Cox. 

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