David Morley FRSL

Two Teaching Fellow posts in Creative Writing at Warwick Writing Programme Poetry + another genre Fiction + another genre A chance to join a programme known for contemporary and experimental writing, with a lively international community. Please share warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/mobile-1/ap…

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. tickettailor.com/events/cathdra…

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

@paulajaynebyrne 'Hubcap' - I'm going to adopt that.x

My lovely hubcap bought me this exquisite Georgian dressing table. Hope you don’t think it immodest to share, but I thought some Jane Austen might enjoy? Imagining a very fine lady combing her hair.

@paulajaynebyrne Happy New Year to you, Jonathan and all!

Wishing you all a very happy new year.

Imagine you're driving normally on the highway when suddenly... a "superhero" beaver appears, dragging a massive Christmas tree right across the road, forcing an entire line of trucks to slam on the brakes and wait patiently for "him" to cross! 🦫🎄🚚🤣 This is hands-down the most unexpected and hilarious Christmas scene of the year!

And a film of the poem among the Christmas trees where the poem was written. #fpstate=ive&vld=cid:f3a44869,vid:2462aH4UHWI,st:0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">google.com/search?q=an+ab…

A Christmas poem written and read in an abandoned tree plantation, first published in the London Review of Books. lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v31/…

My Ode to Saint Lucy's Day

'Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's poetryfoundation.org/poems/44122/a-…

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

Still available- bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… including a recording of Tony Harrison RIP reading Them & [uz] with responses from @ProfDavidMorley Sinéad Morrissey, @danielsluman & US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze. David Morley reads 'The Oath' about swearing the Bodleian oath in Romani 🔥

On this rainy, leafy day @imcmillan brings you autumnal poetry, the work of Tony Harrison, @profdavidmorley, Sinéad Morrissey, @danielsluman and the US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze - all on @r4theverb, @bbcradio4 now !

@GBClarkson Jephson in Leamington? I hope all is well D

@crystalclearjt @Carcanet @WarwickWriters @cwaleicester @EverybodyReview This is so very kind of you, Jonathan. Thank you. Your words have also ignited in me an idea for my next collection.

This is a wonderful book: immersive, challenging and virtuosic poetry about the environment, birds, Romani culture and language, music and science. Poetry full of wise passion. I loved it. @Carcanet @WarwickWriters @ProfDavidMorley @cwaleicester @EverybodyReview

On #AdaLovelaceDay, I honour the genius of women in science with my poem Ada Lovelace and a sonnet to Caroline Herschel. #WomenInSTEM #Poetry #AdaLovelace #CarolineHerschel Published in the @LRB: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

@GBClarkson Dear Geraldine, I wish you well and health. You may not know me, but I am a huge admirer and advocate of your poetry. Please get well soon, David.

View from the top floor of the hospital

🎙️ 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. With Daniel Sluman (Versus Versus) & Arthur Sze, U.S. Poet Laureate. 🔗 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… @Carcanet

Off to BBC Media City to record The Verb with Ian McMillan, Sinead Morrissey and Fiona Benson.