Quick August Update

Over half way through the summer break and not nearly enough poetry stuff attempted. The new work includes the short story mentioned earlier and an entry into the BBC Proms Poetry Competition run in association with The Poetry Society (for which I have renewed my membership and gained a shiny Poetry Society card which is…

… moving on

I’ve spent most of this half-term week checking through children’s writing in preparation for moderation, writing school reports and trying to recover from this back strain. It has been tricky because prolonged sitting aggravates the injury. Progress in the writing tasks has been sporadic and my body’s reaction to enforced posture constraint has been spasmodic….

Not a good day …

At school this morning, while feeling pleased about the response at the Hallbankgate curlew bash over the weekend (with excellent bands Talkin Fellas and Stooshie, as well as the lovely poets with whom I shared a stage) and looking forward to a good week with Class 4 before the Whit half-term holiday, my back ‘went’….