David Morley

My rain-draggled lanes of Warwickshire abound with long tailed tits and song thrushes. I'm so delighted by them. My walks have been so meagre of late due to rain, living in the land of Hamnet.

Heaven.

A Warwickshire lane in midwinter after the storm stripped the oaks' final leaves.

#WritingBlueSky #authorsky #authorcoaching #indieauthor #writer

And a film of the poem in the very place the poem was written.
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David Morley · Poem: ‘Abandoned Christmas Tree Plantation’

A Christmas poem written and read in an abandoned tree plantation, first published in the London Review of Books.
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Thanks, Sarah. It's a pantoum, pushed around, to suit an intended and unintentional audience. I love your poetry and am delighted to hear from you.

My Ode upon St Lucy's Day.

'Tid the year's midnight, and it is the day's www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44122/...

Let the mind take its photograph
Of the bright scene, something to wear
Against the heart in the long cold.

from 'A Day in Autumn' by R.S. Thomas

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, Poetry by Tony Harrison, US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze, Sinéad Morrissey, David Morley, and Daniel Sluman Ian McMillan's guests are Sinéad Morrissey, David Morley, Arthur Sze and Daniel Sluman.

Brilliant to hear our poets @profdavidmorley.bsky.social and Sinéad Morrissey on BBC Radio 4's The Verb on Sunday, discussing some of their recent Carcanet work.

To listen to the recording:🎧⬇️
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BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, Poetry by Tony Harrison, US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze, Sinéad Morrissey, David Morley, and Daniel Sluman Ian McMillan's guests are Sinéad Morrissey, David Morley, Arthur Sze and Daniel Sluman.

Tune in today at 5.10pm to hear Carcanet poets @profdavidmorley.bsky.social and Sinéad Morrissey on BBC Radio 4's 'The Verb' where they will be discussing some of their recent work.

Listen here:🎧⬇️
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The jay's larder's ajar.

Litter

Crab-apples spilled from the back of the lorry of autumn.

A Frostian moment in a Warwickshire forest.

Thank you so much Sarah!

David Morley · From ‘Seven Women Scientists’

Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths. I’m proud to share my poem 'Ada Lovelace' and a sonnet to Caroline Herschel, published in the London Review of Books.
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Happy World Bird Migration Day
RINGING SWALLOWS
Swallows clip the lake for a sip of water,
or kerfuffle their feathers as they dip for a bathe.
They stipple ellipses across the surface like a skimming stone.
None skitter the water except by glitch or error
nor overwinter under its ice-barred door.

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, 19/10/2025 Ian McMillan's guests include Sinéad Morrissey and David Morley.

🎙️ The Verb, BBC Radio 4 19 Oct, 17:10
David Morley & Sinéad Morrissey join Ian McMillan to chat birdsong, RS Thomas, Tony Harrison, stammering, and a gobful of pebbles. Featuring Daniel Sluman (Versus Versus) & Arthur Sze, new U.S. Poet Laureate.
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Bumbarrel, Hedge Mumruffin, Poke Pudding,
Huggen-Muffin, Juffit, Jack-in-a-Bottle,
Feather Poke, Hedge Jug, Prinpriddle,
Ragamuffin, Billy-featherpoke, Puddneypoke,
Bellringer, Nimble Tailor, French Pie,
Long Pod, Bush Oven, and Miller’s Thumb.

I tucked them in this box before they woke.

Wrapping up BBC Radio 4's The Verb with Sinead Morrissey and Ian McMillan. We stole a 5Live Studio. Happy National Poetry Day.

Off to BBC Media City to record The Verb with Ian McMillan, Sinead Morrissey and Fiona Benson. Happy National Poetry Day!

Then it's the kumquat fruit expresses best
how days have darkness round them like a rind,
life has a skin of death that keeps its zest.
'A Kumquat for John Keats'
Tony Harrison R.I.P.

Mr Cogito's imagination
has the motion of a pendulum

it crosses with precision
from suffering to suffering

there is no place in it
for the artificial fires of poetry

he would like to remain faithful
to uncertain clarity

Zbigniew Herbert

Tonight, with foxes! wordsworth.org.uk/blog/events/...

Passion by David Morley: Wordsworth Grasmere Online Event - Carcanet Press Join David Morley at an online event organised by Wordsworth Grasmere. On Wednesday 10th September, David will read from his latest collection Passion

This Wednesday at 7.30pm, join David Morley online where he will be reading and discussing his recent publication 'Passion', at an event organised by Wordsworth Grasmere. @profdavidmorley.bsky.social

More information here:⬇️
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The best recent poetry – review roundup Passion by David Morley; Versus Versus edited by Rachael Boast; So What by Frederick Seidel; In the Hollow of the Wave by Nina Mingya Powles; Transfigurations by Jay Wright

‘Speech thaws into life’ – read Rebecca Tamás on how Passion celebrates Romany language, resilience, and our intimacy with the natural world www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Passion by David Morley: Wordsworth Grasmere Online Event - Carcanet Press Join David Morley at an online event organised by Wordsworth Grasmere. On Wednesday 10th September, David will read from his latest collection Passion

Join David Morley online on Wednesday 10th September at 7.30pm where he will be reading and discussing his recent publication 'Passion', at an event organised by Wordsworth Grasmere. @profdavidmorley.bsky.social

More information here:⬇️
www.carcanet.co.uk/events/passi...

I truly appreciate this Alison. Thank you.