Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, I use the term ‘Rabbit Hole Poem’ to describe a common experience known to poets.

This is the phenomenon of sitting down to write on a certain topic, theme, style, or emotion and then realising that you have written, or are in t...

Advice for writing poetry for competitions, prizes, anthologies and group projects that have a theme or topic.

In recognition of my role as the Martha Richardson Poetry Prize judge in 2024, I'm going to be sharing a range of quick tips and tricks on my Instagram page. The aim is to help poets get...

Advice for writing poetry for competitions, prizes, anthologies and group projects that have a theme or topic.

In recognition of my role as the Martha Richardson Poetry Prize judge in 2024, I'm going to be sharing a range of quick tips and tricks on my Instagram page. The aim is to help poet...