Poetic Parlance Reading your work aloud is an important part of the writing process for any poet. I’ve mentioned several times on this blog how… Continue Reading Poetic Parlance
Poetic Parlance Reading your work aloud is an important part of the writing process for any poet. I’ve mentioned several times on this blog how… Continue Reading Poetic Parlance
Poetry in Pictures For the last three years Disability Arts Cymru have held competitions for disabled artists and disabled poets. There was no theme in… Continue Reading Poetry in Pictures
Poetry Takes Flight I hadn’t actively thought about writing about birds in my poetry, but it is something I seem to automatically do. I wrote… Continue Reading Poetry Takes Flight
Romanian Poets I love Romania. I’ve loved the country and its culture all my adult life, ever since being fascinated by the Romanian gymnasts at… Continue Reading Romanian Poets
The Poetry Subverse During the Soviet era, poetry became a dangerous, subversive activity; nevertheless, poets such as Osip Mandelstam and Anna Akhmatova continued to defy… Continue Reading The Poetry Subverse
Poetic Partings It occurred to me today that, of all experiences, I find partings the most likely to find me reaching for my poetic pen.… Continue Reading Poetic Partings
Haphazard Poetry Life forms illogical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows… Continue Reading Haphazard Poetry
Eye to the Poetry Microscope There’s a lot more to writing a poem than which words you choose to use. Anything sent out to a… Continue Reading Eye to the Poetry Microscope
The Poetic Kerfuffle There has been a huge amount of talk this week about an article in PN Review, which The Guardian newspaper reports as:… Continue Reading The Poetry Kerfuffle
Follow the Poet I met a man who lost his mind in some lost place I had to find, follow me the wise man said,… Continue Reading Follow the Poet