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
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
This is the Way the Year Ends A time to be born, a time to die A time to plant, a time to reap A… Continue Reading This is the Way the Year Ends
Poetic Parklife I’m always fascinated by the places people write their poetry! I suspect most of us form our ideas in our heads as we… Continue Reading Poetic Parklife
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
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
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
Word on the Street It’s not often that something happens that far exceeds my wildest hopes (I have very wild hopes!) … but this week… Continue Reading Word on the Street
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
Incendiary Words The thought that pops immediately into my head when the words ‘blaze’ and ‘books’ appear together is Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, set… Continue Reading Incendiary Words