by Mike Jenkins | Apr 4, 2026 | Spirituality, Theatre, Writing
23:17 Stopping for Stoppard Saturday 4th April 2026 Listening to Tom Stoppard (1937-2025) on R4, the programme is Archive on 4, Tom Stoppard: Verbatim.This weekend there is and has been a celebration of his life and work. I’ve listened to some of the programmes...
by Mike Jenkins | Mar 19, 2026 | Poems
Audio Recording Mothering Heights by Mike Jenkins https://michaeljenkins.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Mothering-Heights-by-Mike-Jenkins.mp3 You Are Better Than My Pen A powerful new voice in contemporary verse. From the streets of a Belfast childhood to wandering...
by Mike Jenkins | Sep 22, 2024 | Poems
In Dec 2023 Stonepillow asked me to write a poem for their Winter Appeal to raise awareness and funding for their local hubs. At the Big Sleep out event in September 2024, I read the poem at Chichester Cathedral. I wanted to write a poem that conveyed the positive...
by Mike Jenkins | Aug 20, 2024 | Audio, Poems
Ships (in Leonard’s Yard) by Mike Jenkins 19th August, 2024 I wrote this mostly as a stream of consciousness and quite quickly heard the melody of Leonard Cohen’s song ‘Suzanne’ as the rhythm of the poem took hold, so I let it lead. I added the...
by Mike Jenkins | Jul 21, 2024 | Audio, Writing
Memory Was Like Water by Mike Jenkins Memory was like water, quick sometimes, evaporating and reappearing, dripping unheard and unseen or gushing up from the cracks of an overheated moment. Kept for years sometimes, in the same container in the same location alongside...
