I am frightened yet again by the passing of another calendar year. They pass by no longer, but pass through. With age, my sensitivity to this planet only seems to grow. Each year is better yet more tender and heavier than the last. Steps retraced are the most cutting form of time travel. Memory is all we have. Memory is all we are. It unites and defines us. The soul simply never leaves certain times and places. This is both a blessing and a curse. This year I have enjoyed and

Jacob Davies speaks to Joe Booth, November 2025.

Limited-edition T-shirts are now available to celebrate the five-year anniversary of my debut poetry collection, The Things They’ve Never Seen . Featuring a design inspired by the collection’s original title page, the shirts are available on Etsy in white or light blue and offered in a full range of sizes. You can also purchase the 2023 reissue of the collection at a discounted price at JDVSWriter.com . Links are below;

The frown on your face grows as you try to recall what it was like to embrace your own mind and soul. To picture what it was like to...

End of year message, 2024.

JACOB DAVIES ON POETRY, MORTALITY AND 'THE DREAM MUST DIE'

It is with relief and delight that I am now able to announce that my third collection of poetry ‘The Dream Must Die’ will be released on...

2023. Far more than an interlude. My Highlights… Queen’s Mill Workshops – January ‘The Things They’ve Never Seen’ Re-issue – February...

Announcing the launch of ‘Shutters & Stanzas’, a 2024 calendar of poetry and photography. In association with the James Burke Foundation....

My thoughts on California Son, on its fourth birthday.

For a band that are approaching 30 years of age, Glasgow outfit Belle & Sebastian show no signs of fading away, and their new album,...

I am very pleased to announce the release of the long-awaited re-issue to my debut poetry collection, 'The Things They've Never Seen',...

In memory of wonderful 2022, the best year of my life. 29/04 - Interviewed on 'The Toby Gribben Show' 04/05 - 'Every Night is November'...

Good evening, folks, friends, foes... and all in between. I write to you, yet again, on the anniversary of when it all changed, but...

Born in 1959, and in his prime; he appears from the darkness. Propelled by the shadowy silhouette of James Baldwin behind him, eyes...

After what seems like an eternity, my second poetry collection ‘Every Night is November’ is out now, and available from JDVSWriter.com ...

I am delighted to announce that I am UK Talk Radio's author of the month, ahead of the release of 'Every Night is November', on Friday....

It feels odd, but not unfitting, to read Every Night is November in spring, which is when I did. Even on the cusp of summer, the autumnal...

Introducing the contents page for Section A of Every Night is November. THE MORNING CAME, AND EVERYONE WAS GONE – 2 HENRY’S HANDS – 8 I’M...

‘Every Night is November’ is Jacob Davies’ second released collection of poetry. In his latest offering he is not only far more diverse,...