Tonight I'm in Dorking with Mole Valley Poets. Talk them through drafts of a poem, from the first idea in a notebook to how it looks now. Drive home late, in the rain. I've tried to get hold of 35 of my books. They're stuck in a warehouse and can't be found.
Distribution is one of the greatest problems poets face in finding an audience.
Bookshops don't know how to sell poetry, national papers rarely review it, publishers don't promote it and yet there are readers out there. It needs a new approach and some proper commitment. I rant on the phone to friends. They've heard it all before. April A day with 30 people from Lever Faberge at a beautiful house outside Kingston once owned by a Russian academic and sculptor.