Peter Kenny: a writer's notebook

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‘1,000 miles from sea’ in London Grip

Peter Kenny

September 1, 2017

My poem ‘1,000 miles from sea’ is published in London Grip this morning. I wrote this after visiting Chad, and seeing its struggle against drought and hunger. This poem is about how the conditions there brought my personal struggle with religion to a head. I’m very grateful to Michael Bartholomew-Biggs the editor at London Grip.…

Blowing my own trumpet, Poetry

1000 miles from sea, Chad, Grenfell Tower, London Grip, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, Naomi Foyle, Peter Kenny
London Grip reviews The Nightwork

Peter Kenny

January 14, 2015

A perceptive review of The Nightwork can be found here. The reviewer John Forth poses a question I find particularly interesting, by opening his review with this thought: I used to wonder whether some poets have a hot-line to the unconscious or are merely adept at making it seem that way. Now I save time and ask what’s…

Poetry, The Nightwork

John Forth, London Grip, the nightwork