A Black Day for Poetry It’s like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black.” (Nigel Tufnel, from… Continue Reading A Black Day for Poetry
A Black Day for Poetry It’s like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black.” (Nigel Tufnel, from… Continue Reading A Black Day for Poetry
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
End of Year Competition Round-up Let’s round the year off with a bit of competition news. Overall 69 submissions resulting in 6 acceptances, 0 longlist… Continue Reading End of Year Competition Round-up
Return of the Poetry Wanderer I’ve been oop t’ the ‘ills and far away … a residential poetry course at Arvon’s Lumb Bank centre, which… Continue Reading Return of the Poetry Wanderer
Unconscious Coupling I talked in my post Less Haste, Less Waste about a poem called ‘It Was Winter Last We Spoke’ an extract from which… Continue Reading Unconscious Coupling
Prioritization Pressure I had to get my #PoetryBrain into gear this week because I have 3 deadlines looming. Luna Luna, a New York magazine, has… Continue Reading Prioritization Pressure
I Lost My Head to Poetry This week I responded to a poetry prompt from Kevin Higgins of the Galway Over The Edge group (next… Continue Reading I Lost My Head to Poetry
Less Haste, Less Waste You have to be so careful about putting poems online on a personal website, because that does make them count as… Continue Reading Less Haste, Less Waste
How Long is a Piece of Poetic String? Well it’s another competition entry. I like entering competitions, even though they consume money, because there is… Continue Reading How Long is a Piece of Poetic String?
The Smell of Poetry My first posts on this website blog were a tongue-in-cheek look at some recent competitions I didn’t win. Here is a… Continue Reading The smell of Poetry