Category Archives: Poetry

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 October 6. Featuring Michelene Wandor and Anthony Howell Hosted by Marian Eastwood 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 – Read some of my work for free online.

I have published several of my books on this attractive site which closely resembles a printed book in its format. You can read them all for free. There are plenty of my earlier books in print and on Abebooks and … 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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AS IF IT WERE A BOW – Poems and paintings from Thailand

AS IF IT WERE A BOW is a Heyzine flipbook. Read it for free. This is the link – https://heyzine.com/flip-book/86a5281b7f.html These poems and paintings were all done on my wonderful trip to Thailand last year – hosted by Bhorani Nissaisorakarn. … Continue reading

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DURGA

A sculpture of eight-armed ‘Durga Mahishasuramadini’, holding weapons, slaying the demon Mahisasura, emerging out of buffalo. The sculpture dates back to 10th-11th Century CE from the hills of Almora, Uttarakhand & was repatriated from USA in 2018. This is a … Continue reading

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