Poetry pause
I have been very fortunate to be part of a poetry workshop over the past two years, facilitated by the very wonderful Gill Connors (Lambert). This has seen me write many poems and for the quality of those poems to…
Category Poems & Poetry
Baby Boomers
Following several open mic gigs where I have shared this prose poem and the interest from several parties in it, I have decided to upload it to my website. Enjoy Baby Boomers My generation were at the Isle of Wight…
Northern Grit Collective @Intercultured Festival in Bradford Oct’ 22
Great night for Northern Grit Collective at Intercultured Festival in Bradford
Tuesday Afternoons – Sales update!
I have sold half of the 40 copies I purchased and in addition Amazon sales are starting to trickle through
Tuesday Afternoons – NOW AVAILABLE
The poetry pamphlet TUESDAY AFTERNOONS featuring five poets including myself, with six poems from each has now arrived. I shall be taking it with me to future Open mics and poetry slots and reading from it. It is available via…
Tuesday Afternoons: CHATKA
Pleased to announce that the Poetry Pamphlet, TUESDAY AFTERNOONS, featuring 6 poems from five poets, including myself is now available via Amazon. Click on the link below to read one of my poems that features in the book. CHATKA Nestling…
Headlining at Poetry on The Moor ’22
Thrilled to be asked to headline the first anniversary PotM event today and to be able to promote my books. I chose to share amongst other things a poem inspired by the Spanish poet Leon Fillipe, who was one of…
WINTER
Winter;
A time for birds, my poem on two feathered friends
A Father’s Hands & Red Tie: My Poems Published by Hybriddreich for the Family Too Anthology
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…
Poetry Event Excerpt From Freedom and Anxiety: Featured Poetry written & read by Peter Kay
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 –
First Mayor of Richmond
Delighted to announce that my poem First Mayor of Richmond, will feature in the 4th August online edition of Spilling Cocoa over Martin Amis FIRST MAYOR OF RICHMOND T’was sixteen hundred and six,for legend has it so,when, whilst out hunting…
Poetry Events: coming up
On Sunday Poetry-on-the-Moor (2) will be taking place on Baildon Moor. On Monday and Tuesday I will be involved in Poetry Zoom events hosted in Leeds and Milton Keynes respectively. I have two other live (in person) events later this…
Poetry on the Moor postponed – update
Due to the probability of heavy rain this afternoon, Poetry on the Moor Two has been postponed. Will update once it is rescheduled
Poetry on the Moor Tomorrow
Tomorrow will be the second Poetry on the Moor, outdoor poetry event. L:ooking forward to hearing other poets and sharing some words
Outdoor Poetry event!
Looking forward to being able to share poetry for the first time in a non-zoom context, since before the pandemic began. Four weeks from today in an open space, not far from home, with a number of other local poets/writers,…
Two poems to be published by Hybriddreich for the Family Too Anthology
Delighted to confirm that two of my poems have been accepted by Hybriddreich for the August Dreich Family Too Anthology Twitter @Dreich25197318
NORTHERN ECHOES
A poem from earlier in the year, reflecting that whilst we in the North may have had our historic differences, we have so much more in common than those down in the ‘south’ espoused by certain politicians. Northern Echoes Somewhere…
Enchufe
A poem after Denise Levertov. Her classic question and answer poem about Vietnam was a start point. My subject however, was a reflection on my walking from Seville to Santiago and my writing of that experience, in Show Me The…
AGAR
This poem takes me back to Winter Sunday evenings in my mid-teens. My mother seemed to have a love affair with health food and natural ingredients and used seaweed based agar agar as a setting agent. I was the eldest…
The Empire Strides Forwards
The Empire Strides Forward
Everything has become
silent................