The Eggcounter blog

Little old man sits counting eggs.
Each time he counts, he’s another egg short.
Don’t give him sight of your gold, my friends.
Edith Södergran

My first attempt at a blog was called “The Eggcounter” after my first book Counting Eggs and its epigraph by Södergran, so I’ve kept the name. The old Wordpress blog is here.

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My Tin Watermelon

Poetry, QueernessPeter Daniels15 August 2019

A lamp post in Orde Hall Street

Matthew Sweeney’s lamp post

Peter Daniels22 July 2019

A letter from Thom Gunn

Here’s something it’s maybe time I bragged about a bit. I was recently contacted by Michael Nott, who is editing Thom Gunn’s Selected Letters, asking if I had any correspondence with him…

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The Eggcounter blog

Little old man sits counting eggs.Each time he counts, he’s another egg short.Don’t give him sight of your gold, my friends.Edith Södergran

Little old man sits counting eggs.
Each time he counts, he’s another egg short.
Don’t give him sight of your gold, my friends.
Edith Södergran