Mar 27, 20131 minFalcons ‘rapidly evolved hunter skill’Falcons ‘rapidly evolved hunter skill’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21885659 I love raptors – wrote a poem last year about meeting a...
Jan 20, 20131 minWhich Winter?A snow-dome iris, cracking through the screen… This spell of wintry weather reminded me of a poem I wrote and put on some Christmas cards...
Jan 14, 20132 minCrinkly Fingers or, A Lonely Fisherman Sings to the CatchThe Loneliness of a (Prune-Fingered) Trawler Fisherman This morning, I read a lovely news story by Jonathan Amos about research on...
Jan 11, 20131 minPrey or, White Metal CaveA 3M-long scrub python is preyed on by a plane. In my effort to write two new poems a week based on things I’ve seen in the news, here’s...
Jan 10, 20132 minPick One Fleck – ApophisThere he is! Yes, the slightly-less blurry one with the big red arrow pointing to it. That isn’t actually there, of course. As part of...
Jan 10, 20131 minThe Vermin Cycle: Adventures in Self-PublishingThe Vermin Cycle eBook Cover It’s a new year, a new Mayan era (allegedly) and very much a new start. So, being as we made it through...