Judith Cair launched her debut pamphlet ‘The Ship’s Eye’ on Thursday evening in Brighton and the event was a sell-out, or rather a sell-over, as…
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Judith Cair launched her debut pamphlet ‘The Ship’s Eye’ on Thursday evening in Brighton and the event was a sell-out, or rather a sell-over, as…
Very nice of Helen Ivory to take ‘Left’, for Ink, Sweat & Tears. It’s the closest thing to a love poem I’ve written, I think. Whether…
Last week I was lacking inspiration, part due to work commitments and then a 3-day headache – ugh – so it was a pleasure to…
It’s two weeks since my last ‘poem a day’ update, and I must confess I feel like I’ve run out of steam. The last week…
I’m having a very self-indulgent morning. I was hoping to listen to an episode or two of ‘Poetry Please‘ but for some reason all the…
Although I did enter the Mslexia pamphlet competition last year I did feel a bit like I was scraping the barrel for poems. But now…
… to actually make it onto a prizewinners list (The New Writer Poetry Prize 2012). The poem in question was one that had been through…
I turned up to yesterday’s Brighton Poetry Stanza meeting with pretty much a clean sheet regarding how we’d spend the time. Although it was scheduled…