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On Reviewing
The poetry group I belong to was talking about reviews. I said that one of the good things about writing reviews is the way it helps you to grow your poetry community, bringing you into contact with other poets and with publishers. It’s of value to your reading practice since it encourages close reading of… Continue reading On Reviewing Read more
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Time for a Pause
(Thoughts on refreshing more than my newsfeed). I’ve also shared this post to Substack. I’ve joined Mastodon although I’m finding it slow and glitchy. I’m gently learning how to find people I want to interact with there but I’m also using this ‘wondering what is going on and what will happen at Twitter’ time to… Continue reading Time for a Pause Read more
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The impact of receiving funding on my creative practice: update about a 2018 Local Artist’s Bursary
Poetry is a slow business, at least it is for me. In 2018 I was awarded a local artist’s bursary of £2000 from Ginkgo Projects/Bloor Homes to write poems in response to the landscape in and around Amesbury. I wrote a little about the bursary and my research for the poems on this blog as… Continue reading The impact of receiving funding on my creative practice: update about a 2018 Local Artist’s Bursary Read more
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Poem of the Day at the National Poetry Library, UK.
One of my visual poems, an ecopoem called ‘poem with no rhyme or rain’, was selected as a joint winner in a competition for Instagram poems on the theme of ‘the environment’ – which was the theme for National Poetry Day (UK) this year – run by the National Poetry Library. It was also chosen… Continue reading Poem of the Day at the National Poetry Library, UK. Read more
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National Poetry Day (UK) 2022
This year the theme for NPD is ‘The Environment’. Here’s a visual poem I made today, using fallen leaves, flowers and berries from the garden. I’ve made more visual poems like this and posted them on Instagram @andothermaterial and I also blogged about making visual poems with flowers here. Happy National Poetry Day! Read more
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A Poem in Poetry Ireland Review
I have a new poem published in Poetry Ireland Review, issue 137 edited by Gerald Dawe. The poem ‘High Summer World of Light’ takes as its starting point a 2009 abstract painting of the same name by Gillian Ayres. It’s my first time in the magazine after a few times of trying, and it’s about… Continue reading A Poem in Poetry Ireland Review Read more