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  • One Year of Poems

    One Year of Poems

    This is the story of the first year of my poetry blog And Other Poems where I’ve posted over 200 poems by 177 poets Whether I continue to add poems to the blog will depend on the quality of work that’s sent to it and my own commitments. Anyone who has ever been involved in running Read more

  • Poetry Open-Mic Tips

    Poetry Open-Mic Tips

    In recent weeks I’ve done two open-mics – my first two, ever.  Here are my tips: Go to some open-mics as an audience member.  I found this especially helpful to learn how to introduce a poem. Take a selection of poems to read.  One event was extremely busy so open-mic poets were limited to one Read more

  • How to Write a Review

    Originally posted on Emma Lee's Blog: A review should give the reader an idea of whether they’d like to read the book being reviewed. The purpose is to guide readers towards books they want to read but don’t know exist. Good reviews aren’t necessarily positive. But those reviews that are critical are constructive. Reviewers… Read more

  • Summer’s here and I’m still writing

    Summer’s here and I’m still writing

    It seems that some people are already off on their travels for the summer. There have  been tweets and blogposts from glamorous-sounding European cities and far-flung mountain ranges.  I can hear the suitcases and rucksacks being dragged from the tops of wardrobes, the snap of elastic as last year’s swimsuits are optimistically pinged into place Read more

  • Call for Poems: Holiday Poems Wanted

    Call for Poems: Holiday Poems Wanted

    And Other Poems is looking for holiday-themed poems to post in August.  All locations welcomed: sun-drenched, rain-filled, exotic or mundane; seaside, mountainside, lakeside or roadside. Caravans will not be discriminated against, nor will gîtes, tents, villas, boats, B&Bs, hotels, house-swaps or tree-houses.  Whatever and wherever ‘holiday’ means to you, restful or stressful, silent or multilingual, Read more

  • Poetry in Rabbits

    Poetry in Rabbits

    My previous post -‘Where are the Great Rabbit Poems?‘- was a tongue-in-cheek article about the absence of rabbits and the abundance of cats on the internet but it has unearthed some wonderful rabbit poems, and one from me, which I’m sharing today. In a variety of ways, these eight poems closely observe rabbit behaviour in Read more