Canada Day and Publication News

Image by Vlad Vasnetsov from Pixabay So lets get this over with first, it is Canada Day today, happy Canada Day. (Those guys in the picture look a bit tired. We are all a bit tired, I think.) It's been close to 40C for much of the afternoon here, which is about 100F. Many plants … Continue reading Canada Day and Publication News →

Zombie Fire

I have been sorting through my documents and re-arranging things over the past little while. In the process I have come across a lot of half-finished thoughts and poems. Here's a poem where I was clearly experimenting (and struggling) with a rythym scheme - and with using poetry to respond to news. So far this … Continue reading Zombie Fire →

Half moon laugh dopplers deepening grasshopper sky

As I've posted here previously, I've been trying to get other creative work done while working of the self-publishing-bits of my cookbook, and this should be possible in theory - a lot of people manage to edit or polish one project while also writing another project, lots of people can balance not only two, but … Continue reading Half moon laugh dopplers deepening grasshopper sky →

Another poem

I decided to write a poem for every day in May as I worked through the responses from my beta readers to my cookbook, and also worked on editing a short creative non-fiction piece. Half way through the month I started looking over the poems I wrote at the start of the month, deciding if … Continue reading Another poem →

Drop Stitch (a flash fiction)

Hello again! I've been told my poetry chapbook has moved into a second round of a competition. So, while I'm working on (hopefully close to actually final) edits to my cookbook, and maybe poking away at a short story about a castle, I've decided this a good time to try writing a poem a day, … Continue reading Drop Stitch (a flash fiction) →