the writing life
The Blog Virgin: Me & Technology
Technology and me could never be seen as friends, computers are glorified word processors, my iPod had 27 songs on it for two years and I have just figured out how to record programme on my Sky Plus box. So I am a true blogging virgin if ever there was one. Be gentle with me [...]
news for April
Me and Janie have been having fun recording tracks for ‘Different Words For Snow’ in Goldsmiths recording studios. We’re hoping to have a CD ready in time for the Phrased & Confused tour in May. They’ve set up a facebook group for the tour – check it out here http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=63881632812#/group.php?gid=63881632812 I also had a very [...]
A Lesson Before Living
We are not grasshoppers, with legs tied in this race, nor are our paths pinned down by rails, reinforced with concrete, gravity’s slaves. No metal womb delivers us howling to chisel hands, isotropic etchings, gladiator cogs, sprockets made for sale. We are not one way streets in a cheese chase, tape measured blocks for tape [...]
Blog 2 Blog
Santa brought me an additional blog–that and an ocean of calories. Filling my plate with roti, curry and dreams. For more life notes, follow the yellow brick road… http://truththomas.wordpress.com/
Forwards
It was quite a surprise to find that I had been highly commended by this year’s Forward Prize, and that my poem “The Father in Law” had made it into the Forward Book of Poetry 2009. I can’t say that I write with the expectation, or the goal, of prizes and wider recognition but I’m [...]
