I was absolutely delighted to be commissioned by The National Centre for Writing to write a poem for National Living Wage week. Living Wage is a subject dear to my heart. I have worked many low paid jobs over the years and I know what a massive difference a living wage would make. You can […]

I am delighted to have a new poem over at the marvellous Atrium. Thanks ver much to the editors Holly Magill and Claire walker for choosing it. https://atriumpoetry.com/2024/09/24/all-the-mums-julia-webb/

Sun Daddy believed that the world was small When the world knocked at his door Sun Daddy put his head under the pillow and shouted go away. Every few weeks the world knocked and Sun Daddy shouted, and so it went on for years. Sometimes when Sun Daddy was at work Moon Mother invited the […]

I set the ALICE-TRAP at the top of the stairs hoping to trip her up and wait behind the top banister: squeezed between the wooden rails and the paraffin heater – which is off of course – we only use it in winter. Alice is a long time coming so I count spiders and then […]

I was all arms and legs and panic and no one could stop my river bursting its banks. Things were getting smashed and I was powerless to stop it. No one had explained to me what to do when the big winds came, first the tiles lifted clean off the roof and dumped themselves at […]