Category Archives: Poetry

Latest News from Grey Suit Editions

Posted on December 10, 2019 by

There is a new post on the blog of Grey Suit Editions Grey Suit Editions This year we published two books – The Step is the Foot and Gertrude Mabel May, and a new chap-book is about to be published by Lorraine … Continue reading →

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Yeah! High Fives all round!

Posted on November 28, 2019 by

Well, this is great! This journal of mine, or blog, or whatever you want to call it, has just hit 40,000 views! Thanks to all of you who have clicked on any post of mine. As an outlying writer, a … Continue reading →

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Iliassa Sequin 1940-2019

Posted on November 12, 2019 by

The death has occurred of Iliassa Sequin, a poet much admired by the New York School. She was a friend of Nobel prize winner Odysseas Elytis, Paul Celan, Max de Carvalho and John Ashbery.   Click the link here for … Continue reading →

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Thoughts from the Wife of Bath

Posted on October 19, 2019 by

             “My liege lady, generally,” quod he, “Wommen desiren to have sovereynetee As wel over hir housbond as hir love, And for to been in maistrie hym above. This is youre mooste desir, thogh ye me kille. Dooth as … Continue reading →

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Nubia

Posted on October 1, 2019 by

Rome and Nubia With this link to an excellent documentary about what happened after the deaths of Anthony and Cleopatra, I’m going to open a post I shall return to on Nubia. It was thus I was introduced to Queen … Continue reading →

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Tangoshiva

Posted on September 17, 2019 by

Very pleased that The Step is the Foot is selling so well on Ebay. Our Seller is Tangoshiva. Our ebay outlet name is Tangoshiva. Click on this ebay link to purchase Grey Suit Edition books, books of my poetry published by … Continue reading →

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Freewheeling

Posted on September 2, 2019 by

For a round-up of good late Summer reads go to The Fortnightly Review   Post-Summer Reading: Hebdomeros by Giorgio de Chirico; introduction by John Ashbery (1992 edition) Exact Change | 258 pp | £14.93 $17.95 . Tales I Told My Mother  by Robert … Continue reading →

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