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Tag: Writing

The gleam

When someone asks me am I working on something, I never really know what to say. I want to answer … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Dani Shapiro, Joan Didion, Still Writing, Writing, Writing Poems

The sweetness of 2020

I don’t want to pretend for a second that it was great. It was full of rawness and grief and … More

2020, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Grief, Happy New year, Max Richter, Mental Health, New Year Letter, Reading, Writing

Before

Before No shoes and a glossyred helmet, I rodeon the back of my dad’sHarley at seven years old.Before the divorce.Before … More

Ada Limon, Grief, Lifesaving Poems, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Presence, Writing

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

Lifesaving Poems: Mandy Sutter’s ‘Caring for the Environment’

  In 1991 I made the decision to spend more of my time concentrating on the thing that fulfilled me … More

Anthologies, Lifesaving Poems, Mandy Sutter, Moniza Alvi, Poems, Poetry, poetry writing, Poets, Smith Doorstop, The Poetry Business, Writing

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

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

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

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