Away with the Birds
In the last 18 months or so, Kuli Kohli and I have spent a lot of time ‘away with the birds’ watching wild birds and running 10 poetry...
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simonfletcher58
Jul 10, 20232 min read
Happiness
What makes me happy? Walking in the countryside near my home, to be brief. I try to do this two or three times a week for my health and...
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simonfletcher58
Jan 4, 20233 min read
Where Wild Orchids Grow
Nature poetry & the environment Writing poetry about the British countryside has long been an obsession and staple of English poetry....
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simonfletcher58
Sep 2, 20223 min read
The language they choose
About four years ago I started to think about how best Offa’s Press could extend its range of poets and further draw on the common...
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simonfletcher58
Aug 28, 20224 min read
Finding Their Voices
Finding their Voices “‘City Voices’ is 20 years old? I can’t believe it,” a friend commented to me recently. I can’t believe it either...
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simonfletcher58
Aug 15, 20213 min read
In the Sticks
The phrase ‘in the sticks’ has long been a commonplace to describe those living in the countryside, possibly through no choice of their...
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simonfletcher58
Apr 13, 20212 min read
Blossom Time
A few weeks ago a German poet and editor wrote to ask if I had any ‘spring’ poems to contribute to an anthology he’s putting together....
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simonfletcher58
Nov 28, 20203 min read
‘Dancing in the Dark’ - A ‘Lockdown’ Tale
In the middle of March things started to look worrying. By the third week of the month the country was locked-down to try to deal with...
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