My London Grip Poem...

...and some editing notes

London Grip New Poetry has been publishing a quarterly online magazine of new poetry for over ten years. It was last month that I heard from the editor to say that they would be publishing my poem, 'Driving Home from Work' in their Winter 2025 issue. A few of you messaged me to ask for the link on publication. I've attached the link below. 

It is a packed magazine and I'm sure you'll enjoy having a read through some of the other poems, but if you want to jump to mine first then click on my name in the list at the top of the site.

I had the idea for this poem a few years ago. I was driving home through Leicester when the traffic slowed near a small Tesco food store. The O in the Tesco sign was flashing... annoyingly flashing, yet no one else seemed to notice it. I reflected on my irritation. Maybe I'm obsessive compulsive, I thought. I mulled over what else irritated me. The poem emerged from those ruminations, but it was only recently that I retrieved it from the pending file, tightened it up and reworked a more satisfying conclusion. Writing is like that sometimes. It needs to sit in a computer file and settle before it can be completed.

I hope you enjoy reading it at London Grip New Poetry.