I'm a writer. My first full-length poetry collection DR JAMES GRAHAM'S CELESTIAL BED was published in March 2006 by Comma Press.
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Comments on Dr James Graham's Celestial Bed
"Sassy and streetwise, dark and blue, these are poems that are high on words; full of rich imaginings and dislocated love affairs, peopled with ordinary folk made exotic and with the strange made true. Read them."
- Amanda Dalton
"These poems are made from intense sensual experience, bursting with colours, flavours and textures. Gaia Holmes has an eye for the strangeness of things, from "fat lenses of jellyfish/packed in jigsaws of ice" to the sounds and smells of the steelworks, where "metal shrieks as it softens and throbs/under the core of heat".
- Jean Sprackland
"There’s something in these poems that I can only call ‘detailed intimacy’ and ‘closely-worked humanity’; the language is inclusive but still challenging and draws me in to reading after reading. A splendid collection that will grow on you."
– Ian McMillan
'THEMES FOR DREAMERS'Phoenix Fm, Sundays 4-6pm
Join me every fortnight for my show 'Themes for dreamers': an eclectic selection of music, poetry and literary quotes all linked to a particular theme.
Tune in to PHOENIX FM , 96.7 in Calderdale or, to listen live on the internet click on this link and go to PHOENIX FM
FORTHCOMING READINGS, WORKSHOPS, etc
KITSCHEN POETRY WORKSHOP, Saturday June 6th, Mossley, Lancs
Gaia Holmes will discuss the importance of sensory detail in poetry and guide you through a series of writing exercises to help you produce poems that explore the rich and evocative language of the senses.
for more details follow the linkKitschen writer's workshops
