The Milk House …

Best Poem 2022 Winners Announced By Ryan Dennis December 28, 2022 The votes for Best Poem 2022 on The Milk House are in. With an extremely strong shortlist for the award, it is not surprising that the results were close. Judge Nicki Griffin has determined the Judge’s Choice for best poem, and you, the audience of The Milk House, has…

Review … Head in the Clouds

Head in the Clouds by Charlie Bown Published in Chasing Clouds … Adventures in a Poetry Balloon (The Dirigible Balloon and Yorkshire Times Publishing 2022) Illustration by Em Humble Teacher says,Get your head out,Right out,Out of the clouds. Nothing good can comeFrom having a headStuck in the clouds,He says. Before I take my headOut of…

Book Review … Steve Whitaker takes a look at Chasing Clouds

Chasing Clouds … Adventures in a Poetry Balloon, published late in November, has just received its first review from that knowledgeable chap and all-round lovely human, Steve Whitaker of the Yorkshire Times. The link to the full review is here and, needless to say, I am incredibly pleased with Mr Whitaker’s perceptive and lyrical take…

The Milk House

Here’s a bit of news … Over at the rural poetry collective website, The Milk House, they have started a new yearly best poem competition. Judged blind, from the collection uploaded in 2022, poet Nicki Griffin has shortlisted ten poems that made the most favourable impact on her and that list has now been made…