Articles of interest
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Freud & Poetry
I attended a thought-provoking event in the week – organised by the Centre for New and International Writing at the University of Liverpool. It was an evening concerned with the self in poetry, the subjective and the unconscious which was introduced by Professor Josh Cohen who articulated that strange relationship between poetry and psychology – Continue reading
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Changing titles and radio interviews
William Blake got me started with poetry when I was 6 so in honour of him I’ve changed the name of my blog to “Burning Bright” in the great hope that I will see a few angels in 2015 and be safe from the dark. At 6.50 am in Liverpool city centre this morning a Continue reading
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That pay day feeling?
Did you hear the one about there ‘being no health without mental health’? It was supposed to be a serious Government pledge, just made meaningless by the government decision to cut funding to non-acute services (which includes mental health) by 1.8% (see: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/12/mental-health-funding-changes-lives-risk ) All the social pressures which lead to mental distress are on Continue reading
About Me
I am a writer & poet based in Liverpool. My ninth poetry publication – Vestige (Maytree Press, 2023) is a collaboration with photographer, AJ. Wilkinson. A recipient of 2021 Saboteur Award & a MaxLiteracy Award I am a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Chester.
Burning Bright 