Two new poems online in 48 hours … next up is a poem on the Pens of the Earth website – and also on Star & Crescent, the Portsmouth based independent news site – it’s one of a series of poems and prose pieces by local writers on the environment, but with a positive, hopeful outlook. Mine isn’t exactly cheery, but there is hope. There is always hope. I hope you like it
So tonight we leave the EU. Whilst this is a poetry blog, I don’t write in a bubble, so will occasionally write on other issues. I am deeply saddened by what has happened to the UK since 2016, and very concerned with what comes next. I am sad for the opportunities that I, and more pertinently the younger generations will no longer have due to the loss of freedom of movement. I am sad for…
The second review for my first poetry collection appeared on the Star & Crescent website, and previously the Portsmouth University Eldon Review. Georgina Monk’s review was published in October 2018. It finished with the following summary; In Landings, Williams has created a new poetic map of Portsmouth based on a fascinating inner life lived in a city by the sea. You can read the review here: https://www.starandcrescent.org.uk/2018/10/29/richard-williams-landings-a-new-poetic-map-of-portsmouth/ Star and Crescent is a Portsmouth based award-winning local…