The sun was shining, it was a great day for a drive and even the M25 was a breeze. So my trip yesterday to Swindon…
Poetry
Category: Poet’s Tips
Last week I was lacking inspiration, part due to work commitments and then a 3-day headache – ugh – so it was a pleasure to…
I’ve just finished reading The Letters of Ted Hughes (Faber 2007 edited by Christopher Reid). There is so much in this book that I’ve found…
Yesterday was the first of our monthly workshops with Mimi Khaltvati this year, and as usual I came away with plenty of new insights and…
Yesterday I was in Brighton at the Pub with No Name (which is incidentally in an area with a pub on each street corner as…
The weather’s terrible, I am a ‘music widow’ today and I feel the urge to reconnect with what makes poetry good, and conversely what’s BAD…
Our last workshop of the year with Mimi Khalvati on Saturday, and the subjects of vowel sounds and form were big topics. Here’s an extract…
Here’s my round up of tips from Mimi Khalvati as recorded in my notebook on Saturday…. yours to do with as you see fit! On…
The Mimi Khalvati workshop notes I posted here recently went down well, so I thought I’d share with you some gems from Don Paterson. Don…
Aren’t we lucky in Lewes? A bona fide A-list poet comes down here from London each month to offer her wisdom and help us improve…