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Tag: Writing Poems

On disappearing

I wrote recently about poets who disappear from view, specifically Susannah Amoore, from Faber’s Poetry Introduction 6. My point is far … More

Acceptance, Anne Lamott, Anthony Wilson, Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being ignored, Blood Cancer, Book Promotion, Cancer, Full Stretch, Having your book ignored, Life Lessons, Lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Not being reviewed, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Presence, Raymond Carver, Reading Poetry, Somebodyism, Worple Press, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry

How’s the poetry going?

Sometimes people, including poets, ask me how my writing is going. The difference between a poet and a non-poet asking … More

Anthony Wilson, Being a Poet, Competitive Friendship, Drafting Poems, Every writer I know has trouble writing, How's the poetry going?, How's the writing going?, Joseph Heller, Poems, Poetry, Poetry friendship, Poets, Writing, Writing Poems

Poetry Exhaustion

    If you write poetry (and I assume that if you do, you are also actively engaged in reading … More

Being a Poet, Creativity, difficulty with poetry, finding it hard to read poetry, Life Lessons, losing interest in poetry, obscurity, Poetry, Poetry Exhaustion, Reading Poetry, when poetry leaves you, Writing, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry

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