Individual poems v collections – still on the learning curve
Putting together a collection of poems is proving to be harder than I ever expected. For a while now I’ve had a number of […]
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Seven Questions for Poets #4 – Hilda Sheehan
My fourth guest in this series is poet and poetpreneur-extraordinary, Hilda Sheehan. I have a vivid memory of seeing Hilda read at a Kent & Sussex […]
Seven Questions for Poets #3 – Antony Mair
Today’s poet in the spotlight is Antony Mair. Antony has been a brilliant poet friend of mine for some years, firstly as a supporter […]
Seven Questions for Poets #2 – Jill Abram
My second poet under ‘seven questions’ interrogation is Jill Abram. Jill is widely published in the magazines and is both the Director of Malika’s Poetry […]
Submissions windows open & poetry competition deadlines
Windows Just checking which magazines have re-opened their windows (must’ve been hot in there) and have found the following: The Stinging Fly is […]
Seven Questions for Poets #1 – Clare Best
A new series begins here. I thought I’d have a fun Q & A with some of my poet friends, throwing them each […]
Notes from a workshop with Andrew McMillan
As promised in my last post, here are my notes from the workshop I did on Saturday at the South Downs Poetry Festival, with Andrew […]
At the South Downs Poetry Festival
When Tim Dawes came to Lewes just a few months ago to talk about his plans for a South Downs Poetry Festival, I […]
Stuff I wasn’t going to talk about here
I think blogging is like all kinds of writing in that one has ebbs and flows – of ideas, of energy, of motivation. […]
When the poetry magazines arrive…
… it’s always exciting, especially of course if you’ve got a poem in it. In the last couple of weeks I’ve been enjoying […]