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Category: Writing Process

Advent meditation 3

This time last year, I had begun a third period waiting for a response to a new manuscript of poems. … More

Advent, Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Funboy Three, Life Lessons, Poems, Poetry, Poets, putting a collection together, Terry Hall, Waiting, Writing, Writing Poems

Head. Space.

As the book might say, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? As the book also might say, I have been … More

Aphex Twin, Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Music, Natalie Jabbar, Shawna Lemay, Writing, Writing a book of poems, Writing Poems, Writing Process, Young Poets’ Stories

Praise the Rain

Praise the Rain Praise the rain; the seagull diveThe curl of plant, the raven talk—Praise the hurt, the house slackThe … More

Adam Zagajewski, Joy Harjo, Michael Laskey, Poems, Poetry, Poets, reading poems, Reading Poetry, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Workshops

What we talk about when we talk about writing

The more I talk about writing with students, teachers, colleagues and other writers, the less I am sure that we … More

Arvon Foundation, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Creativity, Education, Teachers as Writers, Teaching Composition, Teaching Poetry, Teaching Writing, Trusting in the Process, Writers in Schools, Writing, Writing Identities, Writing in Education

But I’m a poet

The book is in its gardening clothes. ‘I’m going out,’ it says. ‘You’ve let the lawn go again.’ ‘You can’t … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Creativity, JK Rowling, The Book, Writing, Writing Process

Giving up writing

Last week I gave up writing. For about a day. I had been given a book by one of my … More

Andy Brown, Ann Gray, Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Catherine Smith, Ilhan Berk, James Schuyler, John Ash, literature, Notebooks, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Reading, reading poems, Reading Poetry, Trusting in the Process, Writing, Writing a book of poems, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Process

Tarmac lessons 2

I know I am hardly the first to draw parallels between running and writing. But, for what it is worth, … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Creativity, mindfulness, Presence, Running, Running and Writing, Trusting in the Process, Writing and Running, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Process

Tarmac lessons

I am still not sure why, but in the middle of December I decided to take up running again. When … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Education, Fitness, Health, Jogging, Life Lessons, New Year's Resolutions, Peter Bourke, Running, Running and Writing, Writing, Writing and Running

Guest blog post: A gripping ‘Howdunnit?’, by Simon Parke

This blog is a thrilling ‘Howdunnit?’…possibly. You find me just starting on my fifth murder mystery, you see. I do … More

Abbot Peter, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Crime Writing, Guest blog posts, mindfulness, Simon Parke, Solitude, Spitting Image, Thrillers, Trusting in the Process, Writing, Writing Process

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