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
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 Poetry-Music Connection Poetry and music can have a strong musical connection. I alluded to this in last week’s post about ligatures, where a slur… Continue Reading The Poetry-Music Connection
Caution: Post Contains Cuteness and Poetry Are you in touch with your canine side or your feline side? I’m sure there is a PhD thesis… Continue Reading Caution: Post Contains Cuteness and Poetry
Small is Beautiful (and a Lot of Work) I read a very interesting article this week, ‘Little Magazine. Big Story.’ posted Sunday, 14 August 2016… Continue Reading Small is Beautiful (and a Lot of Work)
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
Infinitely Poetry Do you look like a poet? Do I look like a poet? What does a real poet look like at all? This is… Continue Reading Infinitely Poetry
Poetry Camouflage I’ve had an idea bubbling away in the back of my mind for 6 months now, and I have been trying to decide… Continue Reading Poetic Camouflage
Break Some Eggs, Scramble a Poem It does not matter what genre you write in, at some point somebody will ask, “so what do you… Continue Reading Break Some Eggs, Scramble a Poem
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