John White
@johncraigwhite.bsky.social
🇺🇦 Poet, nature lover, Oxfordshire-based, County Derry native.
Magma Poetry Prize 2024, Commended.
iOTA Shot Awards Winner 2023 for Attachments (Templar, June 2024): https://templarpoetry.com/collections/templar-pamphlets-1/products/attachments
Magma Poetry Prize 2024, Commended.
iOTA Shot Awards Winner 2023 for Attachments (Templar, June 2024): https://templarpoetry.com/collections/templar-pamphlets-1/products/attachments
A very interesting review of a fine collection.
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A very interesting review of a fine collection.
One of the funniest books I ever read.
October 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
One of the funniest books I ever read.
It goes without saying that the Nonconformists got there about a century ago. But well done, Anglicans, for catching up.
October 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It goes without saying that the Nonconformists got there about a century ago. But well done, Anglicans, for catching up.
Is it Conor Cruise O'brien?
September 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Is it Conor Cruise O'brien?
But does it rhyme?
September 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
But does it rhyme?
The Asylum Dance is my favourite book of his. It's like an Incantation.
September 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Asylum Dance is my favourite book of his. It's like an Incantation.
Delighted to have my poem selected for the 'After' ... Poems series of ekphrastic poetry, inspired by a Roethke poem but based on my first job, many moons ago now.
September 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Delighted to have my poem selected for the 'After' ... Poems series of ekphrastic poetry, inspired by a Roethke poem but based on my first job, many moons ago now.
See you at Lumb Bank from the 15th.
September 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
See you at Lumb Bank from the 15th.
Great poem. And quite Heaney-esque, if I may say that.
August 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Great poem. And quite Heaney-esque, if I may say that.
One thing that often gets overlooked, with all the money-grubbing venality and ethical issues, is how unspeakably bad a writer she is. TSP is absolute drivel.
August 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
One thing that often gets overlooked, with all the money-grubbing venality and ethical issues, is how unspeakably bad a writer she is. TSP is absolute drivel.
That statement could almost be an utterance from Fernando Pessoa. (Of whom I'm a fan, I should add.)
August 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
That statement could almost be an utterance from Fernando Pessoa. (Of whom I'm a fan, I should add.)
So pleased to be part of this latest issue from And Other Poems. Many thanks again to the editors for producing such a great edition.
August 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
So pleased to be part of this latest issue from And Other Poems. Many thanks again to the editors for producing such a great edition.