At the very end of last month, I attended a workshop on poem titles run by Sue Burge. This gave...

The love of An enjoyable book can have a lasting effect on our lives. These may stem from childhood memories...

It is two weeks since I got back from my family visit to Sudan. I find that I have written...

I am thrilled to bits to be the next poet-in-residence at Cyprus Well, walking in the footsteps of one of...

On a bitterly cold and snowy day in February 1947 my family relocated back to Launceston from London. I was...

The New Year signals a time of renewal and restarting. There is no better time than now to refresh our...

Christmas and New Year are now long gone and daylight is getting longer – always a hopeful sign that we...

As a new year enters, people are inevitably left questioning what their resolution should be for the upcoming year. While...

An exclusive Christmas poem for The Maker, written by our chief editor Lauren. Merry Christmas, all!   Ten after five...

I see December as a month in two halves. The first half has been full of events, a last flurry...

Eighty years ago, another lonely Christmas in Cornwall went by. I was not yet ten, an evacuee sent to live...

Deadlines  As we are nearing the end of the year, I thought I would consider the power of deadlines. Poetry...