Flogging old drafts – ‘do I still want to say this?’
No, not flogging in the sense of selling, although who knows? Maybe there’s a market for it – poets could sell their old […]
Category: Writing
To Liverpool, 28 drafts later
It’s wonderful how software like Illustrator allows non-designers like me a chance to play around with layout, typefaces and graphic design. I really […]
Those poetry ‘banned words’ again
Another perennial topic that poets always seem to enjoy debating – what are the ‘banned’ words? The word ‘shard’ came up the other […]
A new pamphlet & all the angst of getting there
It’s taken a while coming but I’ve found a home for my second pamphlet, ‘All the Relevant Gods’. Those lovely, hardworking folks at […]
What’s inspired me recently, and a writing/submissions update
I’m not spending a great deal of time at the computer at the moment – can only blame the marvellous good weather! I’m in admiration of those taking […]
On staying motivated
It’s one of those tricky periods right now. The poetry honeymoon is well and truly over. I’m existing on a handful of acceptances […]
TGI February
January is really my least favourite month – I think it’s the short days and dark evenings that are so depressing. It doesn’t […]
Poem a day writing exercise
This month I’m setting myself the ‘start a poem a day’ challenge. (Not ‘write’ a poem a day, as that presumes each one […]
Marion Tracy spills the beans
On becoming a poet in Australia, putting images in the wrong order, and John Ashbery’s baskets: in conversation with Marion Tracy. When I […]
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 […]