David Morley
@profdavidmorley.bsky.social
Professor at Warwick Uni, Poet at Carcanet, Ted Hughes Award for The Invisible Gift, PBS Choice for FURY, Forward Prize finalist, Writer of The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing, Fellow Royal Society of Literature,Thought Fox.
Can a single word contain an entire universe? As AI learns language, we need to ask an older question: what is a word? New episodes appear every week. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAdP... www.tiktok.com/@life.of.wor...
Seeing the World in a Grain of Sand - Life of Words #5
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Every word has a hidden life. I’ve made a new web series called The Life of Words. This episode looks at Ernest Hemingway's iceberg metaphor. The fourth episode is here. Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL09... www.tiktok.com/@life.of.wor...
Icebergs and Passion - Life of Words #4
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Every word has a hidden life. In the Life of Words, I explore creativity. This episode looks at the power of metaphor: why the point of a riddle/poem is never simply the answer. New episodes will appear every Tuesday. Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d22E... www.tiktok.com/@life.of.wor...
Total Metaphor - Life of Words #3
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Every word has a hidden life. In my series the Life of Words, this episode looks at what happens when the conscious and unconscious mind work together. New episodes will appear every Tuesday. The second episode is here. Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpz7... www.tiktok.com/@life.of.wor...
Negative Capability - Life of Words #2
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Every word has a hidden life. My new web series, The Life of Words, begins today. This episode explores imagination, creativity, and where stories begin. New episodes every Tuesday. Check it out: youtu.be/i_yPTOGARAc?... www.tiktok.com/@life.of.wor...
Your Imagination Is The Most Important Thing About You - Life of Words #1
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Two Teaching Fellow posts in Creative Writing at Warwick Writing Programme Poetry + another genre Fiction + another genre Join the number one UK writing programme with a lively international community 15 mins from Stratford on Avon. Please share warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/mobile-1/...
Teaching Fellow (Creative Writing) x2 (111442-0526) - University of Warwick
Title: Teaching Fellow (Creative Writing) x2 (111442-0526). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Fixed Term
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Only a few tickets left for MONDAY's workshop - Writing the Pantoum: Repetition, Reverie and the Art of Echo with David Morley 11/5/26. One of the UK's best poetry teachers. Book here - www.cathdrake.com @profdavidmorley.bsky.social @carcanet.bsky.social
Introducing our second Sunday headliner, the great @profdavidmorley.bsky.social Tickets will be available in the early summer for our festival this November. 🩵 🌊 Photo credit: Graeme Oxby #PoetryinAldeburgh #Suffolk #poetryfestival #headliner #poetrybythesea
Writing the Pantoum: Repetition, Reverie and the Art of Echo Mon 11 May 2026 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM BST This Zoom session offers a focused exploration of the pantoum, a form shaped by repetition, pattern, and controlled variation. Get ready to create. www.tickettailor.com/events/cathd...
Buy tickets – Writing the Pantoum: Repetition, Reverie and the Art of Echo with David Morley 11/5/26 – Zoom
Writing the Pantoum: Repetition, Reverie and the Art of Echo with David Morley 11/5/26 – Zoom, Mon 11 May 2026 - Join award-winning poet David Morley for a bold and immersive workshop on the pantoum, ...
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I’m one of the judges for this year’s Laurel Prize, chaired by Mimi Khalvati, alongside Bethan Laughlin at the Zoological Society of London. The first harvest of books arrived today while I was writing about lichen. laurelprize.com
Laurel Prize for Poetry in Association with Poetry School
The Laurel Prize as an annual award for the best collection of nature or environmental poetry to highlight the climate crisis and raise awareness.
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Join sought after teacher David Morley for an immersive workshop on the pantoum, one of poetry’s most haunting and versatile forms. David will offer a unique visual map of the form and experiments with extended pantoums. @carcanet.bsky.social @profdavidmorley.bsky.social www.cathdrake.com 11 May
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Cath Drake's The Verandah – Cath Drake's The Verandah Welcome! Join quality poetry masterclasses, writing and mindfulness workshops with the best teachers...
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A Warwickshire lane in midwinter after the storm stripped the oaks' final leaves.
A Christmas poem written and read in an abandoned tree plantation, first published in the London Review of Books. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...
David Morley · Poem: ‘Abandoned Christmas Tree Plantation’
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'Tid the year's midnight, and it is the day's www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44122/...
A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy's Day
'Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's, Lucy's, who scarce seven hours herself unmasks; The sun is spent, and now his flasks Send forth light squibs, no constant rays; The world's whole sap is ...
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Let the mind take its photograph Of the bright scene, something to wear Against the heart in the long cold. from 'A Day in Autumn' by R.S. Thomas
Brilliant to hear our poets @profdavidmorley.bsky.social and Sinéad Morrissey on BBC Radio 4's The Verb on Sunday, discussing some of their recent Carcanet work. To listen to the recording:🎧⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, Poetry by Tony Harrison, US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze, Sinéad Morrissey, David Morley, and Daniel Sluman
Ian McMillan's guests are Sinéad Morrissey, David Morley, Arthur Sze and Daniel Sluman.
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Tune in today at 5.10pm to hear Carcanet poets @profdavidmorley.bsky.social and Sinéad Morrissey on BBC Radio 4's 'The Verb' where they will be discussing some of their recent work. Listen here:🎧⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, Poetry by Tony Harrison, US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze, Sinéad Morrissey, David Morley, and Daniel Sluman
Ian McMillan's guests are Sinéad Morrissey, David Morley, Arthur Sze and Daniel Sluman.
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Crab-apples spilled from the back of the lorry of autumn.
Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths. I’m proud to share my poem 'Ada Lovelace' and a sonnet to Caroline Herschel, published in the London Review of Books. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Morley · From ‘Seven Women Scientists’
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Happy World Bird Migration Day RINGING SWALLOWS Swallows clip the lake for a sip of water, or kerfuffle their feathers as they dip for a bathe. They stipple ellipses across the surface like a skimming stone. None skitter the water except by glitch or error nor overwinter under its ice-barred door.
🎙️ The Verb, BBC Radio 4 19 Oct, 17:10 David Morley & Sinéad Morrissey join Ian McMillan to chat birdsong, RS Thomas, Tony Harrison, stammering, and a gobful of pebbles. Featuring Daniel Sluman (Versus Versus) & Arthur Sze, new U.S. Poet Laureate. 🔗 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002l236 #TheVerb #Carcanet
BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, 19/10/2025
Ian McMillan's guests include Sinéad Morrissey and David Morley.
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Bumbarrel, Hedge Mumruffin, Poke Pudding, Huggen-Muffin, Juffit, Jack-in-a-Bottle, Feather Poke, Hedge Jug, Prinpriddle, Ragamuffin, Billy-featherpoke, Puddneypoke, Bellringer, Nimble Tailor, French Pie, Long Pod, Bush Oven, and Miller’s Thumb. I tucked them in this box before they woke.
Carcanet Press@carcanet.bsky.social · 10mo agoWe're delighted to see so many of our poets featured in the 2026 Forward Book of Poetry!💐 Included from Carcanet are: Catherine-Esther Cowie, @profdavidmorley.bsky.social, Fawzia Muradali Kane and Rebecca Watts. Congratulations to all four of our poets, and all the other poets included!
Wrapping up BBC Radio 4's The Verb with Sinead Morrissey and Ian McMillan. We stole a 5Live Studio. Happy National Poetry Day.
Off to BBC Media City to record The Verb with Ian McMillan, Sinead Morrissey and Fiona Benson. Happy National Poetry Day!
Then it's the kumquat fruit expresses best how days have darkness round them like a rind, life has a skin of death that keeps its zest. 'A Kumquat for John Keats' Tony Harrison R.I.P.
