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Tag: Creativity

The bombed cathedral

One of the touchstones that I would add to those I blogged about last week is a marvellous section from … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Charles Spurrier, Creativity, Dean Young, The Art of Recklessness, Writing, Writing Poems, Writing Practice, Writing Process

In memory of Harold Budd

Harold Budd, May 24, 1936 – December 8, 2020 I am reposting this piece today in memory of Harold Budd, … More

Children on the Hill, Creativity, Disques du Crepuscule, Durutti Column, Harold Budd, Listening to Music, mindfulness, Music, Presence, The Orb

The fear of poetry -by Muriel Rukeyser

The Fear of Poetry In this moment when we facehorizons and conflicts widerthan ever before, we want our resources,the ways … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Creativity, Education, Fear of Poems, Fear of Poetry, Lifesaving Poetry, literature, Muriel Rukeyser, Poems, Poetry, Poetry Quotes, Poets, Presence, Reading, reading poems, Reading Poetry, The Life of Poetry, Trusting in the Process, Writing, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry

Go well

  I have walked into the grief. I have walked into brave space, mine and others’. I have sat in … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Creativity, Grief, Max Richter, Mental Health, mindfulness, Peter Gabriel, Presence, Robert Pinsky

Tired, but

I am tired. Though I write from a place of privilege and of safety, I am tired. Tired of feeling … More

Anne Lamott, Being Creative, Brain Pickings, Creativity, Edward Colston, James Baldwin, Josephine Corcoran, Karen Walrond, Life Lessons, Marie Howe, Marissa Davis, Max Richter, Mental Health, mindfulness, Presence, Rest, Shawna Lemay, Sigur Ros, Simon Parke

A quiet moment

  I can’t be alone in experiencing the coronavirus crisis and resulting lockdown as something of an infringement on my … More

A Quiet Moment, Activism, Being Creative, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Creativity, Kafka, Life Lessons, mindfulness, Peter Gabriel, Presence, Reading, Sabbath, Silence, Writing

Reading and writing resources for young poets

Young Poets’ Stories project update: Today we add a reading resources for young poets page to the Young Poets’ Stories website. … More

Arvon, Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Creativity, Education, Poems, Poetry, Poets, reading poems, Reading Poetry, The Poetry Society, Writing, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Process, Young Poets’ Stories

Places of hope

  Here are some places that I have been visiting recently and derived much comfort from. I hope you enjoy … More

Coronavirus, Covid-19, Creativity, Josephine Corcoran, Justin Wise, Lucille Clifton, Natalie Jabbar, Octavio Paz, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Samuel Barber, Shawna Lemay, Simon Parke, Yehuda Amichai

Goodbye to being a poet

For reasons I cannot go into here, I am finishing 2019 in a tired frame of mind. (I am not … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Creativity, Life Lessons, Reading, reading poems, Reading Poetry, Writing, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Process

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