‘this netted house’: a bit of an experiment

My artist friend Emily Wilkinson told me about a derelict cottage she’d found on Lewis that was entirely covered in fishing nets.  She showed me a short film she’d taken of it.  The wind rose out of the film, and the house seemed hauled ashore. I wrote a poem, and delightfully, marvellous Earthlines magazine has published my poem and Emily’s still.   We also experimented, … Continue reading ‘this netted house’: a bit of an experiment

Working with Andrew Fusek Peters

Originally posted on Poet on the Farm :
  Goose Eye © Andrew Fusek Peters ‘…and then the first goose rouses, behind their gate in the wall – she calls, yammers, and like fires they catch and cackle.  They wake the very stones.  They fluff their feathers, unbend their necks…’ Last week I drove up to Acton Scott on empty roads to meet photographer poet Andrew… Continue reading Working with Andrew Fusek Peters