The Second Day of Christmas

by | Dec 26, 2010 | 12 days 2010

Christmas DayBlackbirds here again,hopping across the lawn,signal that this isa day like any otherand all is right with the world –despite water,coming through the ceiling,and grandma directing my wife and daughter with her stick, with boxes to catch the drips.Back...

Andrew McMillan has an idea for Radio 4

by | Dec 24, 2010 | Prose & Poetry

BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play Idea #7: ‘Tipi Hedron’walking,       fire deep in the throat of the nightTippi Hedron comes back as a treesuch reaching elegance; uncreasedunder a stress of raven, stoic,such beauty underneath...

Geoff Stevens says I'm not a metre cheetah

by | Dec 23, 2010 | Prose & Poetry

Regular IS&T contributor and stalwart of the West Midlands/Black Country poetry scene Geoff Stevens says he has “received a lot of emails recently from evangelical poetry bodies that are infiltrating our region in an attempt to convert us to London-style...