My one-eyed neighbour makes it into one of my newly published Fibonacci poems.
I’m often under scrutiny in my small Lewes urban garden but I’m getting used to it. I live next door to a one-eyed Siamese cat and, without actually being on speaking terms,…
A new poetry anthology includes one of my poems among the first fruits of Autumn.
I got my copy of a new anthology today, The Four Seasons published by Kind of a Hurricane Press in Florida, USA. I’m happy that they wanted to publish my short poem, Gardening Tips, in this…
One man and his pencil – a special relationship.
I own a number of pens, ball point, felt-tip and fountain, and they all have their function in my life. Also, a lot of my time is spent at the computer and…
Stephen Dearsley’s Summer Of Love: A novel inspired by The Beatles, Brighton and James Joyce.
I’ve been looking at some of my answers published on-line yesterday, pleased to remember those foothill years as a novelist when I was planning my first novel, Stephen Dearsley’s Summer Of Love. Sometimes,…
Virtual Writers ask me to remember why I wrote Stephen Dearsley’s Summer Of Love.
The lively online writers’ community, Virtual Writers, has asked me to do a questions and answers session about my novel Stephen Dearsley’s Summer Of Love (published by Ward Wood Publishing). It was enjoyable thinking…
My poem On Gloucester Road and two persuasive Americans.
Wolfgang Glinka in On Gloucester Road My prose poem, On Gloucester Road, has had an interesting life so far. I wrote it after being contacted with the Moscow-based American publisher, Marco North…
My three Fibonacci poems about the composer Tchaikovsky published in The Fib Review.
Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) My three new Fibonacci poems about the Russian composer Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) were published yesterday in that pioneering and Fibonacci-dedicated online journal,…
The publication of a Fibonacci poem and another poetry anthology brighten my Lewes weekend.
I’ve had a mini-run on poetry publication over the weekend. I’ve just received a copy of a new poetry anthology, Tic Toc, published by the American company Kind Of Hurricane Press and…
My time in Lisbon, Portugal was pure poetry.
I spent a week in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, recently. It was my first time in this interesting country, the only Western European state that I hadn’t visited before. I wasn’t…
Looking for fine art and finding poetry at Le musée Paul Valéry, Sète
Le musée Paul Valéry, Sète One of my greatest pleasures in travelling is visiting different towns and exploring their art galleries. It was no different on my recent trip to Sète in the…
I’m proud to appear alongside so many writer friends and acquaintances in Lewes’ The Needlewriters, a new anthology.
I was supposed to have been at the launch of a new poetry anthology last Thursday but, unfortunately, I was struck down with the latest lurgey and had to take to…
George Best, Miss World and Me: What better subject for my latest Fibonacci Poem?
George Best and Mary Stävin. As a youngish man in the early days of my career in television, I had the intriguing and unlikely job of having a breakfast meeting with one…
Night walking: a good way to come down after a poetry reading.
Wolfie Wolfgang reading last night Last night in Lewes, UK, there was a chill in the air and, or so I’m told, snow on the outskirts, but it was warm…
I’m returning tonight to the poetry event where I first dared to read my poems.
Lewes Arms, Lewes I’ve been asked to read at a poetry event tonight just round the corner from my house here in Lewes, UK. The splendidly anarchic Lewes Poetry is having its…