One of the funniest books I ever read.

It goes without saying that the Nonconformists got there about a century ago. But well done, Anglicans, for catching up.

Is it Conor Cruise O'brien?

But does it rhyme?

The Asylum Dance is my favourite book of his. It's like an Incantation.

Delighted to have my poem selected for the 'After' ... Poems series of ekphrastic poetry, inspired by a Roethke poem but based on my first job, many moons ago now.

See you at Lumb Bank from the 15th.

Great poem. And quite Heaney-esque, if I may say that.

One thing that often gets overlooked, with all the money-grubbing venality and ethical issues, is how unspeakably bad a writer she is. TSP is absolute drivel.

That statement could almost be an utterance from Fernando Pessoa. (Of whom I'm a fan, I should add.)

So pleased to be part of this latest issue from And Other Poems. Many thanks again to the editors for producing such a great edition.

Robert Frost famously said, 'No surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader'. Each poet needs to be open to the possibility of their poem taking them somewhere they had not expected or intended. That's the excitement of poetry, but also quite different from willful obscurity.

Probably not, we're a sensitive bunch.

Taking a break this fortnight in sweltering Vietnam, but you got me curious.