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Sometimes people find a post I wrote months or even years ago, and decide to join a discussion or start one up. I don't mind this at all unless the comment is deliberately confrontational, in which case I simply ignore the remark. Also, some of my older posts are linked to items which are no… Continue reading Ignoring blog comments
My children's exams are over. For my son, a season of campouts and festivals has already begun. My daughter also has exciting, if slightly less grungy, plans. Four years worth of scrawled-on paper, deep piles of exercise books, text books, files, revision cards, notebooks, stationery, bottles of Rescue Remedy, school uniforms, pots of lunch money… Continue reading At the year’s halfway point
It's full on, double whammy, GCSE and A Level year in our house. For visitors who don't know, GCSEs (General Certificates of Secondary Education) are the first public exams most young people sit after five years of secondary schooling in England and Wales (I think Scottish students sit exams called Standards). 'A' Levels (Advanced Levels) are… Continue reading Greetings from the middle of exam season
Poet, editor, educator, and Director of Poetry Swindon and Swindon Poetry Festival, Hilda Sheehan will read from a selection of her published and new work at Drawing Projects UK (Bridge House - next to the train station) Trowbridge on Wednesday, 14th June, 7pm - 9pm. This is a wonderful opportunity to hear an exciting, innovative… Continue reading Hilda Sheehan plus Open-Mic at Drawing Projects UK
Months ago, I received an email, out of the blue, from someone called Louise Betts who was organising acts to perform on the outdoor stages at The Bath Festival. Would the Town Hall Poets like to appear? When I set up Town Hall Poets (who are also a Poetry Society Stanza) in September 2016, I… Continue reading Reading poetry to shoppers and passersby
Just to say that I'll be reading with my Poetry Society Stanza group, The Town Hall Poets, this Saturday, May 20th, in Bath as part of the free events programme at Bath Festival. We'll be on Southgate Stage (outside the Apple store) at 11am, then in Kingsmead Square from 12.30 - 1.15pm, in Alfred Street… Continue reading Reading at Bath Festival, Saturday May 20
I'm not posting here as regularly as I used to. It's possibly because I'm using Instagram as a kind of blog, posting a picture and a little commentary over there quite frequently. It's an extremely easy way of posting so I can see why it's become so popular. Are you on Instagram? Give me a follow… Continue reading All quiet on the blogging front
I usually think it's unnecessary to stipulate what age reader a poem (or any piece of writing) is for. I usually write for adults but I don't consciously consider what age they might be. In any case, I started reading books "for adults" when I wasn't even ten years old - as I'm sure is the… Continue reading A poem for young people on my SoundCloud page
I'm not really taking part in #NaPoWriMo this year although I do feel steeped in poetry. I have attempted to write (or at least start) a poem a day in the past and found it fun and exhilarating. I promised to review some poetry books for a magazine so I've been reading those and making slow… Continue reading A quick update during National Poetry Month
I am extremely happy, excited and grateful to have been asked to read poetry at this year's Greenbelt Festival, alongside Nancy Campbell, Sasha Dugdale and Rebecca Goss, and introduced by Anthony Wilson! More details coming soon. Find out more about the festival at the Greenbelt website.
Josephine Corcoran 
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