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Four recent poems.", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2024/10/22/ghosts-exorcised-by-art-books-memory-plus-unexpected-delis-four-recent-poems/", "published_at": "2024-10-22T10:43:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdf5-9d59-7012-8bad-c84605b1a80b", "title": "Pond warriors & morning stars: four recent poems", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2024/09/15/pond-warriors-morning-stars-four-recent-poems/", "published_at": "2024-09-15T10:23:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdf5-9d59-7012-8bad-c8460696a93f", "title": "In search of the remarkably mundane", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2024/08/02/in-search-of-the-remarkably-mundane/", "published_at": "2024-08-02T14:01:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdf5-9d59-7012-8bad-c84607464b2a", "title": "Four short poems: The passing comfort of rain, Declaration of a thrush, Belfort and Oaks Avenue.", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2024/07/17/four-short-poems-the-passing-comfort-of-rain-declaration-of-a-thrush-belfort-and-oaks-avenue/", "published_at": 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"https://richlyevocative.net/2023/05/26/early-walkers-a-highly-commended-poem/", "published_at": "2023-05-26T20:45:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be04-4e8a-72fa-b175-0e39272357a9", "title": "Review: The Birds, The Rabbits, The Trees by Briony Collins", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2023/05/22/review-the-birds-the-rabbits-the-trees-by-briony-collins/", "published_at": "2023-05-22T21:23:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be04-4e8a-72fa-b175-0e39277dca43", "title": "‘Street Sailing’ makes the local press back in Bristol…", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2023/05/22/street-sailing-makes-the-local-press-back-in-bristol/", "published_at": "2023-05-22T11:32:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be04-4e8a-72fa-b175-0e39280804ab", "title": "Wombwell Rainbow Book Interviews: Street Sailing by Matt Gilbert", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2023/05/11/wombwell-rainbow-book-interviews-street-sailing-by-matt-gilbert/", "published_at": "2023-05-11T07:02:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be04-4e8a-72fa-b175-0e392812fe0d", "title": "Guest Feature – Matt Gilbert", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2023/05/09/guest-feature-matt-gilbert/", "published_at": "2023-05-09T13:20:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67ee992db77", "title": "Street sailing into the world", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2023/05/07/street-sailing-into-the-world/", "published_at": "2023-05-07T11:32:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67ee9b10390", "title": "Street Sailing – my debut poetry book is now out.", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2023/05/06/street-sailing-my-debut-poetry-book-is-now-out/", "published_at": "2023-05-06T18:34:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67eea5f3968", "title": "I’ve written the book. Now where are all my readers? – A post on poetry promotion ", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2023/04/29/ive-written-the-book-now-where-are-all-my-readers-a-post-on-poetry-promotion/", "published_at": "2023-04-29T09:25:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67eeacd9d75", "title": "“I’m really not quite sure about that…”: how (not) to make a poetry collection", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2023/04/04/im-really-not-quite-sure-about-that-how-not-to-make-a-poetry-collection/", "published_at": "2023-04-04T14:43:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67eeb9fe60b", "title": "Review: Obligate Carnivore by Stuart McPherson", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2023/02/28/review-obligate-carnivore-by-stuart-mcpherson/", "published_at": "2023-02-28T06:32:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67eebad4995", "title": "Going up a hill to come back down: in search of poetic inspiration ", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2023/02/12/going-up-a-hill-to-come-back-down-in-search-of-poetic-inspiration/", "published_at": "2023-02-12T16:17:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67eebe557c2", "title": "A thousand nameless noises", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2023/02/10/a-thousand-nameless-noises/", "published_at": "2023-02-10T21:00:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67eec7d43d1", "title": "Poetic form, a confession", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2023/01/30/poetic-form-a-confession/", "published_at": "2023-01-30T19:01:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67eed7cea86", "title": "Er, so I have a book of poems coming out…", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2023/01/22/er-so-i-have-a-book-of-poems-coming-out/", "published_at": "2023-01-22T12:19:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67eee4adaf5", "title": "RIP Jonathan Raban", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2023/01/18/rip-jonathan-raban/", "published_at": "2023-01-18T11:34:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67eef1e4ddd", "title": "2022: Another year in reading (as in books, not the town near Slough)", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2023/01/03/2022-another-year-in-reading-as-in-books-not-the-town-near-slough/", "published_at": "2023-01-03T14:48:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67eef6dee15", "title": "The week before midwinter & Space Station Dahlia", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2022/12/30/the-week-before-midwinter-space-station-dahlia/", "published_at": "2022-12-30T12:56:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67eefeaf6aa", "title": "At Black Nore Lighthouse", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2022/11/27/at-black-nore-lighthouse-early-walkers/", "published_at": "2022-11-27T11:43:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67eeff42ee3", "title": "Norwhere Land", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2022/11/21/norwhere-land/", "published_at": "2022-11-21T23:14:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67ef0eb0213", "title": "Review: rock | salt poems by Larissa Reid", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2022/11/15/review-rock-salt-poems-by-larissa-reid/", "published_at": "2022-11-15T08:05:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67ef19b258e", "title": "A question of a hill", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2022/11/14/a-question-of-a-hill/", "published_at": "2022-11-14T12:02:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67ef2726e5a", "title": "Goldfinched, Hiram Maxim’s Grave & In the shelter of the shallows – three recent poems", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2022/10/26/goldfinched-hiram-maxims-grave-in-the-shelter-of-the-shallows-three-recent-poems/", "published_at": "2022-10-26T07:59:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67ef3673b37", "title": "Mr Magenta by Christopher Bowden – a review", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2022/10/05/mr-magenta-by-christopher-bowden-a-review/", "published_at": "2022-10-05T21:50:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67ef370bbb1", "title": "Make it till you make it", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2022/09/23/make-it-till-you-make-it/", "published_at": "2022-09-23T08:51:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-c6f9-71a5-a0ea-a67ef4496562", "title": "The trouble with those posters & Blue Fruit", "url": "https://richlyevocative.net/2022/09/06/the-trouble-with-those-postersver2/", "published_at": "2022-09-06T19:15:43+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Is this one any good? Or how to quality control a poem*original ↗
13 Sept 2026
Nonmetrical Feet: poetry, football and disappointment. original ↗
16 Jul 2026
Soul Erosion – A new poem, up now on Black Nore Revieworiginal ↗
13 Jul 2026
Mædwe, Corinna Board – A revieworiginal ↗
12 Jul 2026
Municipal Legendoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2026
So Long and thanks for all the ghosts and hobbits: Robert ‘Bob’ Gilbert 6th October 1942 – 7th June 2026.original ↗
10 Jun 2026
Field Guide To a Shelforiginal ↗
12 May 2026
Poeting in Apriloriginal ↗
29 Apr 2026
Stylish liars and petrol-pumps in pools of light: digressions on re-reading The Great Gatsby.original ↗
15 Apr 2026
Unwhispered Legacyoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2026
Brutal Bristoloriginal ↗
29 Mar 2026
An underground manifesto…original ↗
16 Mar 2026
Rewrite What You Knoworiginal ↗
13 Mar 2026
28 Tories Lateroriginal ↗
16 Jan 2026

2025

The Richly Evocative Meaningless Reading Awards 2025original ↗
29 Dec 2025
Talking Walking: Podcast intervieworiginal ↗
18 Dec 2025
An audience with angst: trying on techniquesoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2025
Three Cheers for a cemetery gateoriginal ↗
23 Oct 2025
Performative Readers and Hypocrite Lecteursoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2025
Some place, unpluggedoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2025
Sometimes, coming close feels like winning anywayoriginal ↗
27 May 2025
A Love Poem to Librariesoriginal ↗
23 May 2025
Matt Gilbert – “Locked in”original ↗
12 May 2025
Reinventing New York through the medium of trousersoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2025
Salix Magicoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2025
Unfulfilled Playlistoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2025
Unamericanoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2025
The meaning of ‘Meh’original ↗
21 Feb 2025
Adios Twitteroriginal ↗
14 Feb 2025

2024

Dear First Nameoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2024
Postcard from Romania: towers, trees and an unexpected encounteroriginal ↗
26 Nov 2024
From Paul Writes Poems blog – The Book Bag – Street Sailing by Matt Gilbertoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2024
Ghosts exorcised by art, books & memory, plus unexpected delis. Four recent poems.original ↗
22 Oct 2024
Pond warriors & morning stars: four recent poemsoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2024
In search of the remarkably mundaneoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2024
Four short poems: The passing comfort of rain, Declaration of a thrush, Belfort and Oaks Avenue.original ↗
17 Jul 2024
Three new poems: Brussels to Bruges, Political Donations, No Smokeoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2024
Previously, on the me showoriginal ↗
5 May 2024
Calling Home etc: four recent poemsoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2024
‘Mob rule’ on London’s Southbank, Feb 29 2024.original ↗
29 Feb 2024
The honest A-Z etc: Four new poemsoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2024
Indifferenceoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2024
Can you ever know if a poem’s finished?original ↗
16 Jan 2024
Three Poems: M4 at night, The next train and Moonsetoriginal ↗
5 Jan 2024

2023

We need more than a more of the same government with red-brandingoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2023
Will You Look At That, In the Museum of Vojvodina, A hollow in the hills and Off season: Four new poemsoriginal ↗
17 Oct 2023
The poem’s the puzzle, or ‘I couldn’t not keep looking’original ↗
11 Oct 2023
The empathy budgetoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2023
Review of ‘Street Sailing’ – Nigel Kent – Poet and Revieweroriginal ↗
16 Sept 2023
Drop-in feature talking about ‘Seven Sisters’ from ‘Street Sailing’ on poet Nigel Kent’s blog.original ↗
9 Sept 2023
Looking for the edge of Zurich. original ↗
11 Aug 2023
Review: Rebel Blood Cells by Jamie Woodsoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2023
A trip to the electric islandsoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2023
‘Street Sailing’ – Live Launch June 29 Bookseller Crow, Crystal Palaceoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2023
Street Sailing out in the wildoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2023
‘Early Walkers’ A highly commended poem…original ↗
26 May 2023
Review: The Birds, The Rabbits, The Trees by Briony Collinsoriginal ↗
22 May 2023
‘Street Sailing’ makes the local press back in Bristol…original ↗
22 May 2023
Wombwell Rainbow Book Interviews: Street Sailing by Matt Gilbertoriginal ↗
11 May 2023
Guest Feature – Matt Gilbertoriginal ↗
9 May 2023
Street sailing into the worldoriginal ↗
7 May 2023
Street Sailing – my debut poetry book is now out.original ↗
6 May 2023
I’ve written the book. Now where are all my readers? – A post on poetry promotion original ↗
29 Apr 2023
“I’m really not quite sure about that…”: how (not) to make a poetry collectionoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2023
Review: Obligate Carnivore by Stuart McPhersonoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2023
Going up a hill to come back down: in search of poetic inspiration original ↗
12 Feb 2023
A thousand nameless noisesoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2023
Poetic form, a confessionoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2023
Er, so I have a book of poems coming out…original ↗
22 Jan 2023
RIP Jonathan Rabanoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2023
2022: Another year in reading (as in books, not the town near Slough)original ↗
3 Jan 2023

2022

The week before midwinter & Space Station Dahliaoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2022
At Black Nore Lighthouseoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2022
Norwhere Landoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2022
Review: rock | salt poems by Larissa Reidoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2022
A question of a hilloriginal ↗
14 Nov 2022
Goldfinched, Hiram Maxim’s Grave & In the shelter of the shallows – three recent poemsoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2022
Mr Magenta by Christopher Bowden – a revieworiginal ↗
5 Oct 2022
Make it till you make itoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2022
The trouble with those posters & Blue Fruitoriginal ↗
6 Sept 2022