Published Poetry: The Ghazal Page, Ekphrastic Issue

Happy New Year!

Philadelphia, January 2012

It seems strange to think that almost exactly a year ago I was having a wonderful picnic lunch here by the ships along the historic waterside in Philadelphia.

This year I am at home in Suffolk, UK, enjoying photographs like this one that conjure up memories.

Speaking of prompts and links, I am delighted to have an illustrated Tercet Ghazal, 'Coat Collage', up on The Ghazal Page in editor, Gene Doty's ekphrastic issue.

You will find the issue here, along with my poem and artwork. Ekphrasis is a subject that continues to fascinate me. You will find a previous post on the subject here.

Be sure to read the ekphrastic poems by the other contributors, including Kay Weeks, who sometimes comments on this blog. David and I met Kay in Philadelphia just a year ago! 

Magazine Moment (25): The Ghazal Page

You will find my Tercet Ghazal on 'change' here on The Ghazal Page (editor Gino Peregrini). I hope you enjoy it!

Apologies for a long absence ... life seems to have been very busy recently!

Anthology Alert (5): 'Crab Lines off the Pier'

Fishing Gear,
Cadgwith

I mentioned in an earlier post that my poem 'The Ocean's Tears' had been included in Crab Lines Off The Pier, the new summer anthology from editors Ronnie Goodyer and Dawn Bauling of Indigo Dreams Publishing.

The book has just arrived, and I have much enjoyed an initial browse. Apparently there were over 600 submissions from all over the world.

As a left-hander, I tend to begin browsing from the back, and was delighted to take a trip down Memory Lane as I read Catherine Graham's evocative poem about The Hoppings on Town Moor, Newcastle. Back in 1980 during my first summer as a student, I recall the excitement surrounding the arrival of the big fair known as The Hoppings.

To switch to the other end of the country, I have much enjoyed Ronnie's beautiful and lyrical poem, 'On Crockern Tor', Dartmoor. Closer to home, 'Crabbing on the Parrog' by Tina Negus evokes those days on the beach with seaweed and muddy pools. Claire Knight's beautiful Haibun re-captures the essence of a broom-clad Cornish cliff forty years on. Gerald Hampshire prefers his crabs in Whitby, with its jet 'black silt'. Pamela Scott takes us a little further afield to Paris, while Thelma Laycock presses on for midnight in Alaska.

Do consider buying a copy to accompany you on your travels or on those 'deckchair-in-the-garden' afternoons. You can read my earlier post here; and more to the point, you can buy the book here. Thank you, Ronnie and Dawn.

And now all I need is a burst of sun!

Anthology Alert (4): 'Crab Lines Off The Pier'

Mumbles Pier, Swansea


I am delighted that my poem, 'The Ocean's Tears' (a Tercet Ghazal),
is to be included in the new Summer Anthology from Indigo Dreams Publishing,
Crab Lines Off The Pier (ed. Ronnie Goodyer and Dawn Bauling, IDP 2010).

Paperback : Date of Publication : 1st June 2010
Publisher : Indigo Dreams Publishing
ISBN10 : 1907401210
ISBN13 : 9781907401213
Paberback, perfect bound, 90 pages

Flotsam and Jetsam

You can read about the anthology here
on the Indigo Dreams Press website.

Breaking Waves

Orders for the anthology (£7.50 per copy plus p&p) can be placed here
on the Central Books site.

Poems on the Web (7): Arabic Ghazal Challenge

Gino Peregrini has just brought out his Arabic Challenge edition of The Ghazal Page. You will find the edition here, along with my challenge poem, 'A Lonely Soul'.

Thank you very much, Gino!

Poems on the Web (4): Ghazal Page Color Radif

The Color Radif Challenge issued by editor, Gino Peregrini, is now up on The Ghazal Page. You can read the issue here, and find my poem, Ocean Blue.