I’m chuffed to learn that my prose poem Broken biscuits has made it into an anthology of poems about Yorkshire, published by Valley Press.  The proofs came through the other day.  I am in good company with many well-known poets including the current Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.

The launch is in Leeds on Saturday 18 March, a few days after I’m launching Another life in the International Anthony Burgess Foundation here in Manchester.  A good many poems in the book were written there in the Engine Room.

I admire those poets who perform a piece from memory.  I’ve decided to learn Broken biscuits well enough so I can perform it from memory: Is there poetry in broken biscuits?  Discuss.  The short answer is yes, provided it is articulated in the unashamedly Yorkshire, tongue-in-cheek, twinkle-in-the-voice tones of … (insert name of a very well-known poet living in Barnsley)…