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    • Between a Drowning Man (Salt, 2023)
    • Cargo of Limbs (Hercules Editions, 2019)
    • The Lovely Disciplines (Seren Books, 2017)
    • O. at the Edge of the Gorge + A Convoy – two chapbooks from 2017
    • A Hatfield Mass (2014)
    • The Time We Turned (2014)
    • Hurt (2010)
    • An English Nazareth (2004)
    • A Madder Ghost (1997)
    • On Whistler Mountain (1994)
    • At the Mountjoy Hotel (1993)
    • Beneath Tremendous Rain (1990)
  • Translations
    • Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke (2024)
    • Dream of Glass – translations from French poems by Angèle Paoli (2023)
    • These Numbered Days (2019) – poems by Peter Huchel translated from the German
    • The Daodejing – a new English version (Spring 2016)
    • Sonnets to Orpheus (2012)
    • Duino Elegies (2006)
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Recent Posts

  • Interviewed on ‘Poetry Worth Hearing’
  • Between a Drowning Man (Salt, 2023)
  • ‘Air-Waves’: poem as audio soundscape
  • Five New Rilke Translations in ‘The Fortnightly Review’
  • This Friday – Lunchtime Poetry with Live Canon
  • Buy! New Christmas Poetry Anthology
  • ‘How I Write’ – a second brief Royal Literary Fund talk
  • The Writer and Technology – a brief talk
  • Ash-Hiccups: on ‘Porcelain’ (2005) by Durs Grünbein
  • Poetry Competitions, Submissions & Opportunities – June 2022

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Blogs I Follow

  • atriumpoetrycom.wordpress.com/
  • Bookmunch
  • Modron Magazine
  • Reading in Translation
  • Coverstory Books - Ian Gouge, Publisher
  • Seren Books Blog
  • roughghosts
  • a dreaming skin
  • Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
  • Coming up with the Words
  • anthonyhowelljournal
  • WordPress.com News
  • Arachne Press
  • Poetry Owl
  • The Luxembourg Review
  • The Bell Jar
  • The Lonely Crowd
  • Freefall
  • The Manchester Review

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My review of recent major modernist poets appears in the current #thepoetryreview
My co-translation of Chinese poet Chen Xianfa appearing in the new Ploughshares USA
The marvellous Ivor Gurney to keep me company this morning at Rheumatology
Enjoy Marvin Thompson's new poem #hollowayroad #lennyhenry #spikelee from a new anthology of poems eds. #martyncrucefix and #michaelgloverlondon - https://martyncrucefix.com/2022/11/01/buy-new-christmas-poetry-anthology/
My local flower shop is now stocking Christmas trees!! So if your mind is already turning to Xmas presents here's Kevin Crossley-Holland's stunning poem from a new anthology of poems eds. #martyncrucefix and #michaelgloverlondon - https://martyncrucefix.com/2022/11/01/buy-new-christmas-poetry-anthology/
John Clare's Christmas.. One of many poets in this new seasonal anthology https://martyncrucefix.com/2022/11/01/buy-new-christmas-poetry-anthology/
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Bookmunch

Books reviews with the occasional interview thrown in for good measure

Modron Magazine

Writing on Nature & the Ecological Crisis

Reading in Translation

Translations Reviewed by Translators

Coverstory Books - Ian Gouge, Publisher

Committed to delivering the best possible product for an author

Seren Books Blog

Well Chosen Words

roughghosts

words, images and musings on life, literature and creative self expression

a dreaming skin

Writing, Poetry & Creativity | Angela T Carr, Dublin, Ireland

Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants

WELCOMING AND SUPPORTING REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, AND MIGRANTS IN OUR COMMUNITY

Coming up with the Words

Sharon Larkin's poetry news, views, reviews and translations

anthonyhowelljournal

Site for art, poetry and performance.

WordPress.com News

The latest news on WordPress.com and the WordPress community.

Arachne Press

Spinning stories since 2012

Poetry Owl

reviews and reflection

The Luxembourg Review

A Literary Review

The Bell Jar

Projects and news from UK writer Jo Bell

The Lonely Crowd

publishers of fiction, poetry & photography

Freefall

'She would say to discover / the true depth of a well, / drop a stone, / start counting.' - Andrew Greig

The Manchester Review

The Manchester Review

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