My new book out today: TWELVE NUDES

A teacher once told me that poetry aspires
to the simplicity of the nude.

To be naked, he said, [...]

My Shoes Are In Love (Film)

Ross Sutherland: My Shoes Are In Love from Ross Sutherland on Vimeo.

Belated Valentines Day wishes to you!

The poem is taken from the children’s show, The Nine And A Half Commandments of Aisle16, written with Luke Wright, Chris Hicks and Joel ‘Joel’ Stickley. The whole thing was originally commissioned by The British Council for a one-off [...]

The Death of Poetry

Chris Meade at The Institute For The Future of the Book invited me to contribute an article to this month’s edition of The Bookseller magazine. Chris had been invited to guest-edit the media section, talking to various authors/commentators about the literature of the not-too-distant future.

Chris asked if I would like to write the poetry section. So, without [...]