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Tag: Creativity

A list of found poems

Here is a list of various found poems that I have made over the years. Happy holiday reading and looking … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Creativity, Found Poems, Life Lessons, Lifesaving Poetry, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Presence, Reading, reading poems, Reading Poetry, Trusting in the Process, Writing, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Process

Summer reading

To continue this season of not, where I have been reposting old blog posts and links to some others, I … More

Being a Poet, Cancer, Creativity, Life Lessons, Mental Health, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Remission, Writing, Writing Poems

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 them … 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

Afterwards

Greenbelt Festival, Friday 23rd August  Outside, it is a very warm 28º. Inside our tented venue the canvass and stage … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Creativity, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Reading, reading poems, Reading Poetry, Silence, Writing, Writing a book of poems, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Process

Kind of to a desk

Thank you to the heroic bloggers and poets Josephine Corcoran and Robin Houghton for their recentish posts about their desks. … More

Ali Smith, Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Creativity, Josephine Corcoran, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Reading, reading poems, Reading Poetry, Renni Eddo-Lodge, Robin Houghton, Trusting in the Process, Writing, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Process

Where to buy Deck Shoes

I am delighted to announce that my new book of essays Deck Shoes is now on sale. You can buy it direct … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Creativity, Deck shoes, Education, Essays, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Reading, reading poems, Reading Poetry, Writing, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Process

An interview at Wombwell Rainbow

  Paul Brookes at Wombwell Rainbow has posted an interview with me about my reading and writing life, my influences … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Creativity, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Reading, reading poems, Reading Poetry, Trusting in the Process, Wombwell Rainbow, Writing, Writing a book of poems, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Process

Notebooks are taking over my life

I am love with making notes. I makes notes in the morning, at bedtime, in the private places, in meetings, … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Calepino Notebooks, Clairefontaine notebooks, Creativity, Keeping a notebook, Nero’s Notes, Note Taking, Notebooks, Stationery, Writing, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Process

The Year of Living Deeply 25: Socks

It’s been a while, hasn’t it? You are close at hand yet very far away. So long since I have … More

Autumn, Blogging, Creativity, Life Lessons, Photography, Socks, Work, Writing

Against forgetting

I write a lot of things down. In part this is because I no longer remember anything. If I do … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Creativity, Notebooks, Stationery, Trusting in the Process, Writing, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Process

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