Discovering Robinson Jeffers — The forgotten Great Poet Of Interwar America.

Though famous in his time, Robinson Jeffers is a little known writer these days. A Californian poet raised in Allegheny, Pennsylvania … More

Brighton — Without Words

To celebrate the launch of the Facebook page for Light-on-light I published this short Film of Brighton. Created in Spring … More

The Unlikely Story Of My Book Becoming A Bestseller!

Sea Sores began with writing about daily life in my home town on the south coast of England, around 2015 … More

Blood And Bone – Snow And Verse.

A reading and video piece about my Grandfather. One of my favourites from the book. Using the deep snow and … More

The Hours Of The Day – New Spoken Word Video By N J Wood

Spoken Word about how easily we value what we want as greater than what we have, when what we have … More

A Hundred Parts Scattered – P14 of ‘Sea Sores – A Brightonian Book.’

✓#1 New release early July 2020 in the British and Irish contemporary literature category on Amazon.com (U.S) Children are haunted … More

“Sea Sores” The Book Is Launched

Available in most countries on Kindle and in a large number of places in Paperback “Sea Sores – A Brightonian … More

What Ever Flowers In A Desert Only Ever Flowers Briefly – Video Piece

A video piece created by seasores_njw – The New éñgłįšh The lower deck empties and I furrow my pocket … More

Introduction Podcast – Taking Control Of What Remains Within Reach

A little insight as to what’s in the podcast pipeline. It’s only a rough recording, but these days of zoom … More

Great Writers Series – Philip Larkin (Part Two)

Larkin was a gift from my father. Three slim volumes of his work. Their edges already yellowed from years on his bookshelf. They followed … More

Artfully Bridging The Ages — The Nature Of Art

In the end, it often comes down to the misfits and creatures of unusual habits to be unlikely mast-heads of … More

Brain Itch Memes – Broken Wings

There are many people in this world that due to low self-esteem find it hard to know their true value … More

Brain itch.

Bulletpoem – Can the same action be judged differently by the same audience, depending on the gender of the one … More

Getting To The Meat Of Why I’m A Vegetarian.

I can’t tell you what an animal thinks when making eye contact with a human, but when I look into … More

Most Miracles Go Unpunished – Spoken Word Poem.

On a clear night in the Pyrenees the skies are dark and crowded with stars. One evening last November I … More

Great Writers Series – Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes Interview 1961

Speaks for itself.

The Gas Giants – Video spoken word Poem. By n j w

the gas giants –
by n j w

the gas giants speak loud in the night
while quiet more solid bodies
go unheard in the heavens

those rocky worlds pace alone
their elsewhere eyes as far
as can be from telescope

Great Writers Series – Philip Larkin – rare 1960’s Programme with Sir John Betjeman

An excellent programme where the great poets discuss their work and we follow Philip Larkin as he recites a few of his works. Truly a gem for anyone that appreciates Larkin’s work in particular.

Embers in ash

A new beauty emerges in the husks of wild flowers at the end of summer.

Meme 6

I stand beside a wilderness, and tonight she’s as wild as she gets.
She’s all mine – all her distance, all her depths.

Scenes from Great Movies and Adaptations that Resonate – part one.

A movie – like a song – is an artform that can become a wormhole, taking the viewer back to the place and time they first watched it.

The effect it has on us can be so powerful, that certain characters or individual lines seem spoken for us personally. They reflect a truth in our hearts or desires, that we ourself were either unaware of or unsure how to articulate.

The Dream—The Woman And The Light

Occasionally we all have wonderful dreams. Upon waking remaining with us for a few hours; occupying thoughts on the way to work, even persisting through the day. Then there are the very rare dreams that strike with a strength that can not be forgotten, seeming to arrive from a place beyond the manifestations of a resting imagination.

Meme 4.

‘It turned out the future had a hard time understanding, and didn’t have much to do with me anymore. The future was a hard fought lesson – that all you can do and know it was worth the effort, is make someone else’s loneliness a little less obvious.’