A quick plug for the latest Dempsey & Windle Anthology – Fireflies & Flames, Poems From The Brian Dempsey Memorial Prize 2022. I should have posted this earlier, but forgot. Life gets in the way sometimes! I have a prose poem appearing in it, so if this inspires you to take a look and see who else is in there, the link is here; https://www.dempseyandwindle.com/anthologies.html
Something brief for National Poetry Day; I have just been informed that I a poem in this anthology – The poem that appears is called The Transmutation of Geese and originally appeared in Landings my first (and so far only) collection. There’s a crowdfunder appeal towards publishing costs; https://www.gofundme.com/f/poetry-settled-status-for-all?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer If you do get a copy I hope you enjoy it – I have no clue who else has work in the anthology, but it should…
Delighted to receive a copy of the latest Dreich anthology, Summer Anywhere. My poem On the Success or Otherwise of Disposable Barbecues makes an appearance amongst 200 pages of poems by other poets. I’ve not read them all yet, (my copy arrived yesterday), but what I have read so far is excellent. Fellow Portsmouth poet (and Ted Hughes award winner) has a superb poem in the anthology. You can order a copy here if interested;…