Andy Breckenridge

Deftly handled business in the boardroom once again. Why was Graham pissed off with the process? Another offer? Pls share the power point!😂

The Mayday Diaries It starts with an all-consuming job and its associated terrors. But from a life teetering on collapse and the aftermath of grief, anger and illness comes reflection, redemption and the joy of every…

I'm delighted that Sharon Black at Pindrop Press nominated 'The Mayday Diaries' for the Forward Prize Best First Collection. Up against a zillion others of course, but one can live in hope! robinhoughtonpoetry.co.uk/the-mayday-d...

That’s excellent.

Seasonal one from The Fish Inside from the fabulous Flight of the Dragonfly press.

Cheers - really enjoyed this. ‘Our lives happen between the memorable.’

Poetry classes on Zoom with poet and teacher, Donny O’Rourke recommence on the 9th of April. Prompts, feedback from a hugely knowledgeable and supportive tutor and group.

Contact Donny on this email if you want more info:
donny.orourke@btinternet.com

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The Keeper’s Fear Of Taking A Goal Kick I met Patrick for the first time in decades by chance. He was already two pints in and we got talking family, folk from school, jobs, mortgages, debt … Much later, he said sometimes his gut felt like a bucket crammed with eels but at other times like a creel full of lobsters and spider crabs. But the worst was the night he felt power cables pulled taut till they snapped and whiplashed like headless snakes spitting streams of sparks against the dense cloud until the pylon of him staggered and fell lay twitching on the ground. As he was telling me all this I remembered him the school genius, in his yellow keeper’s jersey taking an entire minute to line up a goal kick. Edging one way then the other instead of just running up putting his laces through it. I ordered him an Uber. The next day I skimmed a stone for him. The loch was slick still. The stone leapt several times, then slid along before it leant in under the skin.

Poem a day late for St Patrick’s Day with apologies to Wim Wenders for the title.

Excellent point of departure. Cheers for sharing.

poets | wave 21 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Crocuses yawn, sparrows nest, daffodils trumpet the sun. Spring has returned. With her, she brings a basket of 45 poems – some delicate, some fierce, all of them rich in colour. Sit where you're comfortable, and reach in, to wave twenty-one of @iambapoet.com. #newpoetry

iambapoet.com/wave/21

Next adventures … good news.

Greenfinch - Pete Strong Greenfinch - Pete Strong - pamphlet

My pamphlet Greenfinch is available from Flight of the Dragonfly: flight-of-the-dragonfly.sumupstore.com/product/gree...

“assured and poignant…fizzes with energy” John McCullough
“deadpan, surreal, wryly comic, tender and mournful - often in the same poem” Andy Breckenridge

Belter - read this in Rialto today. Great job.

Happy Valentine’s Day evribdy. Poem from a while back…

Great news!

Superb poem Stuart. Compressed time plus the ending. 👏