a commonplace book

hi everyone, i am delighted to have been invited to participate in the NINE interview series – the brainchild of the

i am the wood fire burning beneath your outdoor bath i am the dawn chorus i am a cup of

the carpet is growing weeds again and crocus blooms keeping thrusting themselves up through the charcoal flecks adding patterns of

wow. thanks. to all of you who ordered a copy of the book. i sold out of the first print

it’s not about being published; though that does bring some degree of satisfaction, feathering my ego’s nest with

just cos i’m goin’ thru shit times doesn’t mean i need rescuin’ do you ever stop to think

my first collection of poetry is finished and available for purchase. am i surprised? more than you could ever know…

my real name is leoniewise yesterday my name was plague of the bewildered poet today my name is cherry-blossom laughter

i am the wind screaming across the canterbury plains i am the untranslatable language of dolphins i am undiscovered life-forms

“i want to write about faith” i hear your earnest words repeatedly in my mind… burrowing into the hardened parts