The Poetry Superhighway I started writing poetry myself before I left high school, but my serious interest didn’t really begin until after I’d finished my… Continue Reading The Poetry Superhighway
The Poetry Superhighway I started writing poetry myself before I left high school, but my serious interest didn’t really begin until after I’d finished my… Continue Reading The Poetry Superhighway
Poetic Partings Let’s start with a couple of posts to look forward to: I went to a workshop last Sunday (that’s why there weren’t no… Continue Reading Poetic Partings
Poetic Potpourri It’s been a curious week this week, a mishmash of poetic curios that have no rhyme scheme or form, but manage to feel… Continue Reading Poetic Potpourri
The Long and the Short and the Poetry As poets we try and make a good impression when we are submitting — it behoves us… Continue Reading The Long and the Short and the Poetry
Lies, Damned Lies and Poetry Although the quote has several possible attributions, Wikipedia notes: Mark Twain popularized the saying in Chapters from My Autobiography, published… Continue Reading Lies, Damned Lies and poetry
Pitch and Putt Poetry On Wednesday I travelled, unaccompanied, to London Paddington station ready for my poetry reading with Emma Simon at Putney Library. The… Continue Reading Pitch and Putt Poetry
Frightfully Poetic I don’t get stage fright. Standing on a stage and talking about myself and reading poems I’ve written doesn’t faze me in the… Continue Reading Frightfully Poetic
The Poet in the Library I love libraries; what writer doesn’t (that’s rhetorical!) I didn’t read a lot of poetry from Harrogate Library when I… Continue Reading The Poet in the Library
The Poetry Delusion The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty,… Continue Reading The Poetry Delusion
Writings on the Wall This post draws on a Facebook discussion I noticed in the Cinnamon Press authors group yesterday. There was a Cinnamon London… Continue Reading Writings on the Wall