Bradford Libraries will soon be stocking AVAC2C in support of local authors!

Bradford Libraries will soon be stocking 4 copies of my book A Very Alternative Coast to Coast in support of local authors! #Supportlocal

Bradford Libraries will soon be stocking 4 copies of my book A Very Alternative Coast to Coast in support of local authors! #Supportlocal

You have 1 WEEK to help make a Poet Tree for Saltaire Festival! @SaltaireFest Send up to 3 poems inspired by nature or our local area to rhubarbspokenword@gmail.com by 31 August. Selected poems will feature at a festival pop…

Lost for words
I’m in the garden,
looking at a plant,
Only yesterday
I could tell you its name,
stubbornly refusing to come
clean,
teasing my brain.

Not deterred by the weather. A wonderful Gingerlicious evening of poetry in the comfort of the indoors! The Poet’s Pasture

I’ve been watching a video on dancing the Flamenco,tidied out my drawers and refolded all my pants,been and had a cocktail down at the Fuzzy Flamingo,counted every single one of a line of tiny ants. I’ve placed all my penny…

Trafalgar Square Early morning start, long walkto catch first train to the ‘smoke’,steam locomotive at the head,join the throngs from Aldermaston. Boys in blue, keeping pace with human tide,Hey, hey LBJ, how many kids ya kill today.Home-made banners, proclaim, protest,Ban…

Check me out at The Ridings Shopping Centre in Wakefield today. Talk about or buy my books and see and experience my soon to be released children's book The Owl and The Mole

THIS SATURDAY - Get the first look at my soon to be released children's book: The Owl & The Mole... Available to pre-order! Meet me and other great authors, purchase books, get them signed, have a chat & enjoy the atmosphere! #authorscommunity #WritingCommunity #booklovers

Weekly Poem Or Poem of the week, if you will.
Poetry book, a love of the pages and of the ages..........
A bookcase in the afternoon,
the space I moved you from,
bedfellows either side

Summer blues - One of my latest poems - publishing publicly July 2023
Summer sunshine turns to grey
weather gods will make you pay
not your turn to have a say.......

The best of Yorkshire Authors will be at The Ridings Shopping Centre , with the best of their books just in time for summer! Saturday, 22nd July, from 10am to 4.30pm

Gingerlicious Nights at The Poet's Pasture Starts at 7pm All welcome

Thank you all who came and read! Runcible Spoon Open Mic Event by Kathleen Strafford Tim Brookes , Steve O’Connor , Clare Wigzell , Jane Sharp , Peter Kay , Trevor Wainwright. A huge thank you to Jimmy Andrex who wowed…

Poetry on the Moor was a great success, 16 poets and performers entertained for the best part of three hours.
Delighted to be able to share some of my poetry at an open mic night tonight.
Sales of A Very Alternative Coast to Coast have reached 99, with £309 raised for the Emergency Disasters Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. Sales of Show Me The Way to Santiago have reached 170 copies sold and almost £900 raised for…

Great night for Northern Grit Collective at Intercultured Festival in Bradford

A Father’s HandsPETER KAY A grip that made your eyes water.A fist that floored many an opponentwith a straight jab or an uppercut.You shook the hand of Paul Robeson,survived a torpedo blast,clinging for hours to a boat splinter,reached into the…
An Online Poetry Event Excerpt From Freedom and Anxiety Showcasing the best of MK’s poets. Recorded live on 21st July 2021 – introduced by Sharenà Lee (Poet) Featured Poetry written & read by Peter Kay –

Delighted to confirm that two of my poems have been accepted by Hybriddreich for the August Dreich Family Too Anthology Twitter @Dreich25197318