Wordsworth and Coleridge at the Coldplay gig

The London Irish Centre is looking for a Choral Leader for the London Irish Community Voices Choir "a creative, friendly, high-energy individual who is excited to work with our community & has a diverse knowledge of Irish music" Rehearsals every Wed evening londonirishcentre.org/about/work-lon…

From the Anthony Earnshaw Retrospective opening at Dean Clough: Gail Earnshaw, Tony's widow who was the driving force behind all this, Nigel Walsh, Curator of Contemporary Art at Leeds Art Gallery (which has works by Tony) and, er, me. Exhibition continues until 28th September.

For a rock star, Ozzy had an ear for an original simile: “I hate vacuum cleaners. They make the most nauseating fucking racket in the world, like a dying wildebeest being dragged up and down the corridor.” (Via Rolling Stone)

Left: the poem in my mind Right: the poem on my page

Reading and writing about heavenly bodies reminds me of this poem

Very pleased to have belatedly discovered this Sunday Post review from last November of my latest book

Today for the #SealeyChallenge , a random pick from another great contemporary poet - it could have been any of his titles. Ian Duhig FRSL

James Wright never mentions this in his damn hammock poem

This is the kind of entry a poem should make into ordinary prose Melvin Sokolsky, Jump, 1965

John Clare, "House or Window Flies"

Lovely piece Fergal Keane on what it means to be Irish in Britain Ed Sheeran has "2 paternal Irish grandparents, an Irish parent, an Irish passport & a childhood filled with Irish summer holidays. Ireland was the place where his musical taste was formed" bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

When I did poetry workshops with a group of Leeds Sikhs every session was accompanied by serious quantities of nosh. I read out some Mona Arshi poetry for food references and she might recognise the psychology of this flow chart.

What do you call the huge grey poet in the middle of the room being ignored by everybody? TS Elephant Happy #WorldElephantDay

Rereading Jonathan Bates' Clare biography, I note even then his Northampton asylum encouraged basketry among its inmates. This reminds me of the 1970s Mental Patients' Union slogan, "Another day, another basket!"

The Kindle Edition of 'Village' is FREE to download during this Sunday, Aug. 17. N.B. This can also be read on a computer or phone if you download the free Kindle app (so easy, even I can use it). Search on Aug 17 for ALISON BRACKENBURY VILLAGE AMAZON. The villagers are waiting!

9yo boy gets the essence of the Scottish Play

"Can I read you some of my poetry?"