January is really my least favourite month – I think it’s the short days and dark evenings that are so depressing. It doesn’t help that…
Poetry
Tag: poem a day
This month I’m setting myself the ‘start a poem a day’ challenge. (Not ‘write’ a poem a day, as that presumes each one will be…
What’s been your experience of writers’ residential courses? I’ve heard many good things from friends who’ve done an Arvon course or similar. The idea of…
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 about halfway through my mission to write (or at least start) a poem a day. I wish I could say it’s been easy. I…
Confession: my poem-a-day pledge has stuttered. I’ve actually been a bit ill, although there’s little evidence for it, and if I worked a 9 –…
Dear Reader For a minute I thought I was struggling already, but the Guardian came to the rescue, or rather whoever it was who posted…
After a chat with a wonderful poet friend yesterday I had a bit of a lightbulb moment (albeit over a couple of beers, funny…