To celebrate the friendship between the Charles Causley Trust and the Wordsworth Trust, this month we're delighted to welcome Andrew Forster as the Poet of the Month.
Andrew Forster grew up in South Yorkshire and lived in Scotland for twenty years before moving back across the border to Cumbria. His poems, essays and reviews of poetry have appeared widely in magazines. A pamphlet 'Dress Rehearsals', was published by Flarestack in 2000, and his first full-length collection, 'Fear of Thunder', was published by Flambard in 2007 and was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection.
He taught creative writing and developed writing projects for a number of organisations, including the WEA, Edinburgh University, and Community Education departments in a number of different regions. From 2003 to 2008 he was Literature Development Officer for Dumfries & Galloway, and developed, among other projects, the Wigtown Poetry Competition. He currently works as Literature Officer with the Wordsworth Trust, in Grasmere. He is putting the finishing touches to his second collection, 'Territory'.
This month's poem is from Andrew's collection 'Fear of Thunder' (Flambard 2007)
He taught creative writing and developed writing projects for a number of organisations, including the WEA, Edinburgh University, and Community Education departments in a number of different regions. From 2003 to 2008 he was Literature Development Officer for Dumfries & Galloway, and developed, among other projects, the Wigtown Poetry Competition. He currently works as Literature Officer with the Wordsworth Trust, in Grasmere. He is putting the finishing touches to his second collection, 'Territory'.
This month's poem is from Andrew's collection 'Fear of Thunder' (Flambard 2007)
Photo: Henry Iddon
