Nancy Gaffield answers our Five Questions….

Nancy Gaffield’s poetry has appeared in magazines and anthologies, including The Forward Book of Poetry 2012. Her first book Tokaido Road was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, was shortlisted for Forward Best First Collection Prize and won the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize 2011. We are delighted that Nancy is joining us at Wise Words to share an exploration... View Article

Nancy Gaffield’s poetry has appeared in magazines and anthologies, including The Forward Book of Poetry 2012. Her first book Tokaido Road was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, was shortlisted for Forward Best First Collection Prize and won the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize 2011.

We are delighted that Nancy is joining us at Wise Words to share an exploration of The Poetry of Journey, both real and imagined.

Nancy will join friend, fellow poet and blogger Katy Evans Bush for a beautiful event in our Yurt and will also be leading a writing workshop at the Beaney.

Nancy answers our Five Questions:

When you were six what was your ambition?

When I was six, my greatest ambition was to learn to read and write

What makes your heart sing?

A beautiful view—for example, the wind bending the barley, the evening sun slanting through my orchard.

What makes your heart sink?

Too many cloudy days.

Whose face would you most like to see across the breakfast table?

My grandchildren, after I’ve made pancakes.

Is there one bit of advice or one piece of wisdom that someone shared with you that you find yourself referring back to throughout your life?

It is never too late to be what you might have been—George Eliot

Thank you Nancy! - Just for you…