Category Archives: Poetry

Marian Eastwood presenting my book with Grey Suit Editions to the Bodleian!

Marian is marketing Grey Suit Editions and just presented my Collected Longer Poems to the Bodleian Library in Oxford. 

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Grey Suit Editions UK – updated website

Grey Suit Editions UK has a completely updated website, now that we have been joined by Marian Eastwood as our marketing director. Masthead link Now it is easy to find our list of printed books with their ISBNs and our … Continue reading

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Extracts from The Runiad – books 5-6 now in The Fortnightly Review.

Extracts from Books 5 and 6 of my epic poem can now be found in The Fortnightly Review here There is a link at the end of that post to previous extracts (from books 1-4) that The Fortnightly has posted. … Continue reading

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COLLECTED LONGER POEMS

This Grey Suit publication will be launched in May 2024.

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WRITING AT THE ROOM – Poetry, text, sound, song

3 pm Sunday May 5. Featuring Philip Hancock and Julian Stannard Hosted by Anthony Howell and Patricia Ahern * The Room, 33 Holcombe Road, Tottenham Hale/Bruce Grove London N17 9AS – enquiries: 0208 801 8577 Open mike. BYO – suggested … Continue reading

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PUTIN’S DAUGHTER

x Aged eleven, I was sent to meet Putin’s daughter. She was a year or so younger. Smiling, she invited me To go out for a ride with her. Two white horses were provided. She of course rode brilliantly, but … Continue reading

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Losing a Slave Girl

x Around my garden the little wall is low; In the bailiff’s lodge the lists are seldom checked. I am ashamed to think we were not always kind; I regret your labours, that will never be repaid. The caged bird … Continue reading

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TOTTENHAM TREES POETRY READING AT THE ROOM

Hilary Davies has published four volumes of poetry with Enitharmon Editions. She has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at King’ s College, London and the British Library, is a former Eric Gregory award winner and and also former Chairman … Continue reading

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Heyzine Books doing well

AS IF IT WERE A BOW – my free book of poetry written in Thailand has now over 600 readers. Here is the link – https://heyzine.com/flip-book/86a5281b7f.html – Open the Heyzine link. I suggest clicking on the ‘sound’ icon to switch … Continue reading

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The Runiad

Welcome to The Runiad This is the site on my journal for the epic I started writing in 2023. There will be 24 books to it, making it the length of the Odyssey. It will take me several years to … Continue reading

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