writing and research

Why do writers fight their muse
Leaving words in their mind like unbinned refuse?
Words that could be written for posterity.
Why do we writers start work late
Feeding the urge to procrastinate.
And when words in our heads try to escape, close the mind’s door.
A writer is rarely their own best friend
When it comes to their work.
They’d rather sit [...]

No I’m sending letters to the festival, just sitting here writing after just having heard Neil Young sing. It’s been a really strange day, the news has been full of the death of Michael Jackson. It’s hard to believe that his parents had him performing with his older brothers before the age of five. [...]