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Tag: Writing Poetry

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

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