The Chronology of a Poem Dates and Times I’m curious about your poetry writing habits. Do you set aside specific times on specific days for… Continue Reading Chronology of a Poem
The Chronology of a Poem Dates and Times I’m curious about your poetry writing habits. Do you set aside specific times on specific days for… Continue Reading Chronology of a Poem
The Poetic Algebra Doesn’t Add Up The most famous literary example of a writer being prematurely pronounced dead concerns Mark Twain as this Mental Floss… Continue Reading The Poetic Algebra Doesn’t Add Up
Crazy Encounters of the Poetic Kind ‘“All Roads Lead to Rome” is the modern reading of a medieval statement, apparently originally a reference to Roman… Continue Reading Crazy Encounters of the Poetic Kind
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
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
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
A Bit of Bondage (and poetry) I’ve been indulging in a bit of ligature this week. According to dictionary.com a ligature can be the act… Continue Reading A Bit of Bondage (and Poetry)