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Tag: Writing Poetry

Book news for 2023

I am delighted to announce that Blue Diode have accepted my new poetry manuscript and will publish my sixth collection, … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Blue Diode Press, Poems, Poetry, Poets, The Wind and the Rain, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Process

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

Lone wolf

I am deeply grateful to Hilary Menos and Andy Brodie at The Friday Poem for taking a new poem of … More

Being a Poet, Mental Health, Poems, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry

Writing prompts (blog post ending with a line by Shawna Lemay)

after Shawna Lemay Write a poem about the rain. Or the wind.Write about what you learned at university.Or did not … More

Asking, Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Lifesaving Poems, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Shawna Lemay, Writing, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Process, Writing Prompts

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

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

Courage

  Courage It is in the small things we see it. The child’s first step, as awesome as an earthquake. … More

Anne Sexton, Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Depression, Education, Grief, Life Lessons, Mental Health, Poetry, Racism, Radiotherapy, Teaching, White Privilege, Writing, Writing Poetry

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

A Call Out for Foyle Young Poets

  Calling all Winning & Highly Commended Foyle Young Poets 2012 – 2019 If you are a young writer who … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Foyle Young Poets, Poems, Poetry, Poets, The Poetry Society, Writing, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Process, Young Poets, Young Poets’ Stories

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

A beautiful thing

‘Hello,’ says the book. ‘I’ve missed you.’ ‘I’ve missed you, too,’ I say. I look at the book for a … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Poems, Poetry, Poets, The Book, Trusting in the Process, 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

In service of silence

Shute Festival, 13 September, St Michael’s Church The audience in pews. September sunlight and warmth still in the air, light … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, mindfulness, Poetry and Silence, reading poems, Reading Poetry, Trusting in the Process, Writing, Writing a book of poems, 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

Workshopping Settee in Autumn

    Settee in Autumn   The leaves change colour and fall on the russet settee. Sticky buds are stuck … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Education, Peter Sansom, Poems, Poetry, poetry workshops, Poets, reading poems, Reading Poetry, Teaching Poems, Teaching Poetry, Teaching Writing, 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

‘Clear of the wheel of myself’: Workshopping Michael Laskey’s ‘Bike’

  Bike   You, who have borne three sons of mine, still bear my weight routinely, transporting me. An odd … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Environmental Poetry, Lifesaving Poems, Lifesaving Poetry, Michael Laskey, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Reading, reading poems, Reading Poetry, Writing, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Process

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