R.I.P. Christopher Cornwell, one of the kindest, most talented people I’ve ever met. Read his ‘A Hidden Orchard’ here thelonelycrowd.org/2017/12/06/chr…

it’s something i cherish deeply

This is my favourite one:

Read 'Early Doors' by John Goodby, a beautiful poem in tribute to Christopher Cornwell. thelonelycrowd.org/2024/04/19/chr…

You can read our tribute Christopher Cornwell Christopher Cornwell here. Featuring contributions from John Goodby Jo Mazelis John Lavin Rhys Owain Williams Adrian Osbourne, Amy McCauley, Michou Burckett St. Laurent, Greg Chatterton, Chris Hall & James Aust. thelonelycrowd.org/2024/04/19/a-t…

No matter what I do it seems that I will always confuse Brian Eno for Phil Spector and I can’t apologise enough to Brian Eno for that

A painful but important collection of tributes to Chris as both a person and a writer. Diolch to @TheLonelyPress for asking me to contribute. Thinking of all his loved ones.

My poem for Christopher Cornwell: ‘Incomplete Text’ by John Lavin | The Lonely Crowd thelonelycrowd.org/2024/04/19/chr…

Poets, how did you enter the poetry world?- Open mic Poetry group Academia Parents are poets How else?

A poem for #EarthDay2024 on this year’s theme of #PlanetVsPlastics, originally published in @MagmaPoetry’s ‘Poems for Schools’ issue. Plastic pollution is a global problem demanding a global solution – sign the Global Plastics Treaty today: action.earthday.org/global-plastic…

This was the first poetry event I’d been to in months and months and it was a cracker in Llanelli. Great review by Ben Wildsmith here. Buy these books!

We're giving this one last push. Thank you to everybody who has supported us so far by buying a book or sharing this around. You've all been amazing, and this is indicative of the strength of collaboration. brokensleepbooks.com/books

Prose poem

Anyone else still get thrown when a song doesn't skip/crackle in the same place it did when it was corrupted on your 2006 mp3 player?