It’s Burns’ Night, when the Scottish diaspora, in Burns clubs all over the globe, traditionally slaughter the haggis and devour it with neeps, tatties and a dod of whisky. Well…
"New Year's Day now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual." (Mark Twain) The above…
Well – no it isn’t, not quite, but I heard Noddy Holder’s ear-splitting observation yesterday for the first time this festive season. I have, by dint of doing most of…
4Word is very proud to announce the launch of our latest pamphlet (our fifth) – Incidentals by Mary Gilonne. Mary weaves elegant tapestries of language, where every word is stitched…
It’s coming on Christmas – so sang Joni Mitchell, and indeed it is. As usual, it’s caught up with me long before I’m ready. However, if your friends or family…
Ode To Autumn. Autumn is upon us and Rachael Clyne’s outstanding pamphlet, Girl Golem, has received a brilliant review from Fiona Sinclair, editor of Message in a Bottle poetry magazine.…
Maybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved your starting point was. ― Jodi Picoult, Handle with Care…
Until yesterday, we had had no rain in Dorset for over nine weeks, combined with day after day of temperatures hovering around the high twenties, low thirties. My sun-baked poetry…
I first came across Rachael Clyne as a member of 52, the online poetry group and workshop which was the brainchild of Jo Bell. Rachael’s work never failed to…
‘In ancient times, cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.’ (Terry Pratchett) Recently I was following a Facebook thread with interest and some dismay, where a fellow…