In my last post I explained that although I haven’t seriously tried submitting to US poetry journals, I’d like to, and have started doing the…
Poetry
Category: US poetry
You know how it happens – you start following a link, then you get so engrossed in something you end up forgetting about your current…
Happy New Year, and welcome to the rest of your life. May it be a long, healthy and happy one. Had a nice Christmas? Glad…
Just the other day Don Share posted on Twitter a link to a recording of Robert Frost reading ‘The Road Not Taken’. How wonderful to…
Perhaps that could be a poem title? Should I send it to the Poetry London comp, or is more of a Poetry on the Lake sort of title? Could I get some kind of double meaning out of ‘game’ in order to make it a nature poem and would it appeal to Simon Armitage when judging the Rialto comp?
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I can’t tell you how great it will be to get our dining room back in order – currently it’s awash with piles of music,…
What is it about poets called Don? There’s Don Paterson for starters. Don. Paterson. And now Don Share. Maybe it’s the the power/mafia connotations (Don Corleone).…
Being back early from our hols due to N spraining his ankle, I found I had a day ‘in hand’ and was strangely at a…
It’s all been a bit hectic lately, but I thought I’d just check in with updates on a few things. Readings – On Wednesday I’m at…
Huge thanks to Brain Pickings for leading me to this.