Fledge – two poems

Originally posted on The Poetry Village:
Today we celebrate the recent Maytree release, Fledge by Jonathan Humble. The collection of poems under the title ‘Fledge’ begins with a reflection on how a wild urban childhood and encounters with nature in adolescence have resonated in adult life. There is a strong nature theme running through the…

Fledge Live Launch

Film from earlier in the evening at Northern Towers with a laptop and a webcam instead of the preferred occasion (sadly cancelled/postponed, who knows?) with wine, beer, music and little bits of cheese on sticks … Video ends abruptly (one poem from the end) when the 50p runs out in the meter and the internet…

Fledge Reviewed #4

Soooo happy with this lovely review from Write Out Loud on the publication of Fledge. Thank you Greg Freeman. 🙂 Link to the review on the Write Out Loud site >>> CLICK   Greg Freeman’s review …   Fledge: Jonathan Humble, Maytree Press by Greg Freeman Friday 31st July 2020 12:00 am Jonathan Humble lives in…

Fledge Reviewed #3

I am very grateful to Ali Thurm for taking the time to review Fledge. I couldn’t have asked for a more incisive and empathetic response to the poems. Visit Ali’s review here on her site where she writes updates on her novels (One Scheme Of Happiness, published Feb 2020 by Retreat West Books and The…

Fledge Reviewed #2

The second review of Fledge is back and it is fairly safe to say, I couldn’t be happier. Steve Whitaker at The Yorkshire Times has given a tremendously positive response to the collection as can be read here on this link  >>> CLICK Steve’s generous words have made an old poet very happy indeed ……

Fledge Reviewed #1

The first review is out for Fledge. Dr. Will Smith of Cumbria Life (Sam Read Books in Grasmere and judge in the Costa First Novel Awards) has written a nice piece about the collection in the magazine. I’m very pleased and relieved he liked the poems. We are now two weeks away from publication. Don’t…

Fledge … cover reveal

I am so pleased to share this news with anyone who follows my poetry blog: Maytree Press have today revealed the cover for my collection of poems and I don’t have to keep the secret any longer that we’ve been fortunate enough to incorporate work created by the estimable Suzi Thompson for the front of…

Inspiration

This time of year, when the field out the back of our house is teeming with wildlife, inspiration to write poetry manifests itself in many forms. Recently, I’ve had the pleasure of watching a queen wasp construct a nest from wood pulp chewed off the outside of Fiona’s shed; blackbirds, sparrows, bluetits and (gasp) bullfinches…