Popshot #17
5/4/2017
I've been a Popshot reader since their first issue, so I'm really happy to have a poem published in their latest. Thanks to editor Jacob Denno for choosing it, and to the talented Zach Meyer for the accompanying illustration.
Originally focused on poetry alone, Popshot relaunched in 2012 with the strapline 'The Illustrated Magazine of New Writing' to include short stories and flash fiction. Each issue is centred on a theme, with illustrations accompanying each piece of writing. The theme of Issue #17 is 'Future'. Pick up a copy of the Future Issue at popshotpopshot.com Confessions of a Bibliophile
1/4/2017
A friend of mine was getting rid of a load of books and asked if I wanted to take some before they went to charity. I think I have a sickness.
I challenged myself to start and finish a book on World Book Day. I'm a slow reader, so a novella seemed like my best bet. This was a good choice 👴🏼🐓
St. David's Day Poem
1/3/2017
To celebrate St. David's Day, here's a short poem of mine, first published in Agenda's Online Broadsheet #12 in 2009. SCHOOL EISTEDDFODFor Sospan Fach I sang too fast, he says, placing me joint-third, one from last, although only four of us competed. You can read the rest of the broadsheet that accompanied Agenda's 'Welsh Issue' for free here: agendapoetry.co.uk/documents/Broadsheet12.pdf
Currently Reading: John Charles
26/2/2017
I bought this book for my late grandfather when I was a teenager, and he gave me chapter-by-chapter updates while he was reading it. I've loved reading the same copy all these years later.
Currently Reading: Sylvia Plath
15/2/2017
Ashamed to say I've never read Ariel, despite owning a copy for over a decade. Using my lunch hours this week to put that right.
The Gull #2
13/2/2017
I have three poems in the latest issue of The Gull magazine. One of the poems is, perhaps confusingly, called 'Gull'. The other two are, less confusingly, called 'Drowned' and 'Victoria Park, 5 a.m.'
You can read the whole issue for free here: thegullmagazine.wordpress.com First published in 2016, The Gull calls itself "the greatest literary and cultural magazine ever to be edited by a seagull." I don't think you'll find many people who would dispute that. However, despite being only two issues old, The Gull has already featured some exceptional writing. Take a look at Gillian Clarke's poem 'Storwm Awst', published in Issue #1, to see what I mean. Thanks to editor Christopher Cornwell for first encouraging me to submit to The Gull and then publishing my poems. bottle rockets #36
18/1/2017
The very first thing I saw this morning was a notification on my phone for a rejection email that had arrived overnight. I've been trying to take a more positive approach to rejection emails recently (after reading this article by Kim Liao), but it was still a boost to come home from work and see this envelope from Windsor, CT on the doormat.
I've got a haiku published in this forthcoming issue of bottle rockets, available to pre-order now from bottlerocketspress.com (though this issue is on a limited print run, so get in quick if you want one). Thanks to bottle rockets editor Stanford M. Forrester for accepting it! Currently Reading: Leonard Cohen
13/11/2016
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