What are you working on?
My new pamphlet of poems, 'Mending the Ordinary' to be published in May by Fair Acre Press. And my non-extruded Crisp Sequence for the Cheltenham Poetry Festival.
How does your work differ from others of this genre?
I'm not sure that it does, though I have never used the words 'iridescent' or 'ethereal' in poems. Not even my Crisp Sequence.
Why do you write what you do?
Why do you write what you do?
Because I find it satisfying to distill everyday extraordinary experience into words - intellectually, emotionally, psychologically and physically.
How does your writing process work?
I eat crisps and then I think, "I want to write a poem about that flavour I can't quite put my finger on: the feeling of loss mixed with desire (salt and vinegar) or joy mixed with terror (prawn cocktail), as expressed in that wave of a hand, or scrape of chair, or the unspoken affection of sharing a pack". But I don't think it quite like that. I feel unsettled by something I've noticed. I connect this feeling to an image or happening, and I write it out till it feels a bit more slotted into place.
How does your writing process work?
I eat crisps and then I think, "I want to write a poem about that flavour I can't quite put my finger on: the feeling of loss mixed with desire (salt and vinegar) or joy mixed with terror (prawn cocktail), as expressed in that wave of a hand, or scrape of chair, or the unspoken affection of sharing a pack". But I don't think it quite like that. I feel unsettled by something I've noticed. I connect this feeling to an image or happening, and I write it out till it feels a bit more slotted into place.
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