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Artist and curator Su Fahy has made this short film 'Borderland Flow' in a tribute to Pauline Scott-Garrett who died in April this year, as I mentioned in my previous post. The images in the film are from Pauline's November 2024 installation at Walcott Chapel, Bath, which was curated by Su Fahy and Patricia O'Brien.… Continue reading Borderland Flow
13 January - I’ve just found the post below in my drafts folder. I began writing it sometime late last year (I think) but didn’t hit publish. While it’s still January, although the year no longer feels new, I’ll share it. * For the first time in over 25 years I’m starting 2025 without any… Continue reading On Giving Things Up
It's been one month since members of Hamas broke through the Gaza-Israel barrier and killed 1400 Israelis, as well as taking over 200 people hostage, including children. Since then, Israel has continually bombed Gaza, resulting in over 10,000 Palestinian deaths, including over 4,000 children. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict didn't begin on October 7, of course, although… Continue reading Guilt and Empathy
I'm running a small group, Saturday afternoon, in-person workshop at The Make Space in Bradford-on-Avon for anyone who would like to read, talk about, learn from and write more poetry. In a group of no more than eight people, you will have the opportunity to explore different techniques and poetry forms used by a selection… Continue reading Turning Up to the Page
I'm running an in-person, small group workshop on 14 November at The Make Space in Bradford-on-Avon. This workshop is for anyone interested in finding out more about and reading nature and eco poetry, and a chance to write and share your own poems that engage with the natural world. In a group of no more… Continue reading Writing the Earth
It's been an enjoyable and busy few months since my pamphlet Love and Stones was published by Live Canon Poetry at the end of May. I feel lucky to have been invited to read in some beautiful and welcoming places where I've made new friends and had fun chatting all things poetry at some great… Continue reading September and ahead: some workshops and readings
It's been just over a month since the publication of my pamphlet Love and Stones, my first publication in five years, and it's been exciting to do readings again. With my fellow Live Canon pamphleteers, Isabella Mead and Matt Bryden, we had a great launch at The Bedford in Balham, on one of the very… Continue reading One month of ‘Love and Stones’
One of my visual poems has been posted online by Angel House Press. My thanks to editor Amanda Earl. I wrote something about this poem and my visual work for Amanda’s Substack newsletter which you can read here.
I ran another visual poetry workshop for Trowbridge Museum in February, I wrote something about the first one here, and there is one more scheduled for Saturday, 18th March, 10.30am - 12.30pm. The starting point of each workshop has been the work of poet George Crabbe, particularly his herbarium of dried plants and flowers, and… Continue reading February Update
I received an email from Hannah at Trowbridge Museum about some of my visual poems that she'd seen on social media, particularly the ones I'd made using wildflowers and plants (which I've mentioned before on this blog). Hannah asked if I could design and lead some flower-based visual poetry workshops for young people (aged 7+)… Continue reading Flowers, visual poetry and George Crabbe’s herbarium in a workshop at Trowbridge Museum
Josephine Corcoran 