Costume Poetry The deadline is rapidly approaching in this year’s Creative Future literature competition. This competition is for short stories (up to 300 words) and… Continue Reading Costume Poetry
Costume Poetry The deadline is rapidly approaching in this year’s Creative Future literature competition. This competition is for short stories (up to 300 words) and… Continue Reading Costume Poetry
The Size of a Poem I said, Oh wow, look at me now I’m building up my problems to the size of a cow The… Continue Reading The Size of a Poem
Happy Poetryversary This time last year I kicked off this website with a post about the Wyndham Campbell prize. The announcement has just been made… Continue Reading Happy Poetryversary
Poetry Social Life This week I received an email from a charity that supports creative programmes in the arts world. I first heard about the… Continue Reading Poetry Social Life
The Poetry Crowd Stairs and Whispers When I heard that publisher Nine Arches Press was seeking submissions for an anthology of poetry by D/deaf and… Continue Reading The Poetry Crowd
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