Poetry – Holding Heaven

Trampled Blackberries

More fruit! On retreat last week, I smiled when I found that a poem I wrote at CSMV Wantage in …

Kirsten M from A Letter from Home has asked if Holding Heaven is relaunching. Thanks for the idea, Kirsten! Well, …

So..here we go. You’re online, on your laptop, pc, phone, oojamaflip. Well you must be or you wouldn’t be reading …

I write poems. Some of them are polished, some are a bit raw, and a handful were written while staring …

Come on in and take off your shoes. Honestly, if you just stumbled onto this site looking for a digital …

Fan on mist setting Crushed ice giving sweet reliefFrom the heatwave’s haze Using haiku as a journaling prompt Yes, we’re …

Not all poetry is spiritual: Discuss. Well, it depends what you mean by ‘spiritual,’ of course. A quick scroll through …

A new and exciting collection of haiku written by Emma Major, Amanda Holt and myself, published by Iona Books. Psalms …

A bowl of blackberries for you to celebrate the arrival of Autumn. What Fall would be complete without Keat’s ‘To …

‘Our optional daily prompt, once again pulled from our archives. Today’s prompt is a poem of negation – yes (or …

This is Just to Say… I have deleted the poem that was on your laptop and which you were probably …

Poem following the beat of a joke. Not my best effort! Where do poets buy their pens? From I.A.M. Bic …