Manchester. June 22 On the bus, I see a familiar friendly face. It’s Little J, I’ve known him […]
Wordsworth’s Sonnets Transposed for the 21st Century I am in awe of the team at Zwiebelfish for their […]
Making the new Lyrical Ballads is a long, painstaking process, punctuated with both light and dark moments. The […]
Behind the life experience of many people in this project is fear. It surfaces briefly and then it […]
The first poem to arrive in my inbox was “As Pale As Roses Are”. Something within me stopped. […]
One of the most moving poems in Wordsworth’s original 1798 Lyrical Ballads describes a penniless old man walking […]
“4000 Miles” is one of the first poems written for Refuge from the Ravens. At the time of […]
By Scott Thurston Today I had the pleasure of taking part in a Refugee from the Ravens event […]
The act of sitting in silence. Except it’s never really silence is it? There’s always the rushing world, […]
Making a ballad in answer to Wordsworth’s poem Goody Blake and Harry Gill and the current energy crisis. […]