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I'm very happy to say that Emily Blewitt's prose poem This Is Not a Rescue, first published at And Other Poems (the poetry site I edit), has been Highly Commended in the Forward Prizes for Poetry and will be published this autumn in The Forward Book of Poetry 2017. Huge congratulations to Emily whose debut collection will be… Continue reading Emily Blewitt’s poem at And Other Poems Highly Commended in this year’s Forward Prizes
Before I attend Claire Trévien's Poetry Reviewing Workshop later on today, I thought, in best Blue Peter tradition, I'd link to some reviews I wrote earlier. I've posted reviews of two poetry collections on this blog, Riddance by Anthony Wilson and The Night my Sister went to Hollywood by Hilda Sheehan. I have three OPOI reviews at Sphinx… Continue reading Some Poetry Reviews
Two of the poets reading at this year's Winchester Poetry Festival have been shortlisted for The Forward Prize for Best Collection 2016. Choman Hardi has been shortlisted for her collection Considering the Women (Bloodaxe Books) and Ian Duhig has been shortlisted for his collection The Blind Roadmaker (Picador Poetry). Choman Hardi will read at the festival on Saturday 8th… Continue reading Winchester Poetry Festival Poets Feature in Forward Prize Lists
'Picnic' a tiny poem I wrote for Manchester Review's 2014 micropoem competition (it came second) has received a delicious write-up in Hazel Burke's poetry column at Standard Issue magazine. The best treats come as surprises. Do have a read of Hazel's column and dive into Standard Issue.
I'm reading in Bath at Poetry and a Pint with Stephen Payne tomorrow, Monday 9th May 7.30pm. It would be lovely to see you there! I met up with Stephen last week with the intention of planning what we'd read but, of course, we hardly planned anything! We did manage to agree that we'd read one… Continue reading Poetry and a Pint at St James Wine Vaults
A few acceptances recently, which are always pleasing (I won't bore you with the rejections). Poetry Wales got in touch to say they've held on to two poems to publish in their summer issue (I had thought they'd be in the current issue). That's fine by me, as long as they're still publishing them. (I would be… Continue reading Poetry News
April is National Poetry Month in the USA and it's also when NaPoWriMo takes place. Regardless of where you live, here are some ideas for getting more involved in poetry during April. If you develop any of these ideas into posts, leave a link to your blog in the comment section. read a poem a day keep… Continue reading Ideas for National Poetry Month
Hot on the trails of my post about the joys of poetry festivals, I'm happy to tell you that I will be the official Blogger at this year's Winchester Poetry Festival which will take place October 7 - 9. I will be posting my Festival Blogs on this site, as well as tweeting poetry snippets… Continue reading Blogging for Winchester Poetry Festival 2016
I really enjoyed reading this post by Paul Stephenson about how he approached translating lines from a Jacques Brel song and incorporating them into a new poem 'The Disposal.' This is one of four wonderful poems Paul wrote about being in Paris last November during the terrorist attacks, published at The Compass an excellent online magazine. I… Continue reading Translating poetry
I haven't been to that many (Swindon, Reading, Winchester, Aldeburgh, to be exact) but, so far, I've enjoyed all of them. Hearing poets read their own work reminds me of hearing my favourite tunes at a live concert. The anecdotes you hear between poems are also, usually, very interesting and entertaining and often offer insights into… Continue reading In praise of poetry festivals
Josephine Corcoran 
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