Another great visual prompt this month from the fantastically challenging Visual Verse site. This one definately appealed to my tendency towards the bonkers. My response (in the allocated 60 minutes) was a prose piece called ‘Going For A Song’. To read it, please click here

So pleased that my poem ‘On Bedsits’ has been published today at the wonderful Amaryllis Poetry site. I am very grateful to editor Stephen Daniels. To read it click here

I’ve received news that my poem ‘Man On A Train’ has been accepted for inclusion in Prole #24. I am so grateful to editors Brett Evans and Phil Robertson and can’t wait to see the printed journal.

Very pleased that my poem ‘No Hiding Place’ has been included in this month’s Visual Verse selections.

You can read it here

I recently had four poems published by Anapest, part of The Paragon journal. 

The Taste of Lisbon – here

Urban Decay – here

Pencils On A Table – here

The Selkie’s Revenge – here

I have received some unexpected, quite fantastic news from the editor of Anapest Journal that my poem ‘Edward Burra: The Snack Bar (1930) is one of their nominations for this year’s Pushcart Prize. A very big thank you once again to Veronica Bruce.

You can read it here

Just received great news that four of my poems will feature on the Anapest Journal site later this month. I’m very grateful to editor Veronica Bruce for this and for the super-fast response time!

Source: saving a shell – Paul Waring

Delighted to get news of another publication this morning, a nice start to National Poetry Day! ‘Prickly Pear Stare’ is now up at Visual Verse. You can read it here

Very pleased that my poem ‘Sequoias’ has been included in Issue 9 of Scrittura Magazine, a beautifully-produced on-line publication with colourful, illustrated pages of poems and prose.

Well done and a big thank you to the team of editors there. You can read my poem on Page 36: