The Three Rs of Poetry: 3. Writing Back on 16 October 2016 my weekly post talked about re-learning how to read as I became the… Continue Reading The Three Rs of Poetry
The Three Rs of Poetry: 3. Writing Back on 16 October 2016 my weekly post talked about re-learning how to read as I became the… Continue Reading The Three Rs of Poetry
The Forgetful Poet’s Tale I’ve probably mentioned before on this blog, that I do not have a good memory for anything useful like poetry, phone… Continue Reading The Forgetful Poet’s Tale
Poems That Grow into Trees First of all, a happy New Year to everybody reading this post, especially if you’re reading it on 1 January… Continue Reading Poems that Grow into Trees
A Thorny Question: Do Men or Women Make Better Poetry Readers? To round of my series introducing you to my new glasses that are able… Continue Reading A Thorny Question: Do Men or Women Make Better Poetry Readers?
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Listen to the Glasses I’ve been wittering away about these all-singing-all-dancing-all-talking OrCam glasses for two weeks now, and I know what you’re really curious about… Continue Reading Listen to the Glasses
Looking at Poetry for Children To continue where I left off last week, having taken my talking glasses to creative writing group where I had… Continue Reading Looking at Poetry for Children
Re-learning How to Read I wonder if you saw the title of this post and stopped by, expecting me to reveal hints and clever tips… Continue Reading Re-learning How to Read
Keep Taking the Poetry Tablets First things first, wasn’t Kate Tempest fantastic on BBC2 last night with her new work Let Them Eat Chaos? I… Continue Reading Keep Taking the Poetry Tablets
Political Poetry for the Young How political is poetry? Can even the simplest poems prove political at some subconscious level? What age is best for… Continue Reading Political Poetry for the Young
The Sense of Poetry Are you sensitive enough to be writing poetry? Can you imagine writing about birdsong if you lost your hearing overnight or… Continue Reading The Sense of Poetry