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Tag: Ailsa Holland

The jump

But at some point you have to make the jump. How does this work in practice? First I am struck … More

Ailsa Holland, Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Kenneth Koch, Mark Halliday, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Writing, Writing Poems

This is writing!

The occupational hazard of going to things where other writers are also present is that they will always at some … More

Ailsa Holland, Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Chris Southgate, Life Lessons, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Writing, Writing Poems

On not keeping up

Like the man Hemingway describes going bankrupt gradually and then suddenly, I realised the other day that I can no … More

Ailsa Holland, Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Chris Southgate, Hubert Moore, James Schuyler, Life Lessons, Mark Robinson, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Reading Poetry

James Schuyler at 100: The Bluet, by Ailsa Holland

Thank you to Ailsa Holland for contributing this first blog post in honour of James Schuyler’s centenary. James Schuyler’s ‘The … More

Ailsa Holland, James Schuyler, Life Lessons, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Reading Poetry, The Bluet

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