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The always wonderful Modern Poetry in Translation magazine is running a free online Haiku translation workshop. I have made a collage poem in response to the haiku by Enomoto Seifu which Alan Cummings has translated 'literally' as follows: Falling blossoms Beneath, lying happily A skull Here is my collage poem which I've made by cutting… Continue reading Spring is unfolding before my eyes
Poems written during Lockdown by members of Trowbridge Stanza White Bluebells by Ginny Saunders Early, he brings a slug to bed I don’t cry out, it’s new to our zoo so welcome. It hitched a ride from a dewy glade of grass, shrunken and mucus-bound to his soft belly fur. It won’t survive the dryness… Continue reading Poems from the Lockdown
poem for Earth Day * With a reckless swoop you patter at my window frantic as a delivery boy who's slept through months of orders. You're a fizzing blur of antenna, legs and wings; a pantomine of lanes and hilly streets; lines of washing you've bashed against to arrive here steeped… Continue reading A bee brings summer
Happy New Year to you all. A very low-key New Year's Eve for me, a tiny amount of alcohol drunk, some good food, perfect company in the form of my husband, A., and - for him - a lot of taxi driving for our two young adult children who he ferried around through the night… Continue reading Belatedly, Happy New Year
A busy November has given way to a quiet December but my growing collection of new poems is demanding attention so the blog is being neglected. I've written about 20 new poems that I'm reasonably pleased with. Many more will likely never see in the New Year. My editing knives have been sharpened. November began… Continue reading A quick round up of recent events
Trowbridge Stanza is looking forward to welcoming poets Anthony Wilson and Dawn Gorman to read at Drawing Projects UK, Bridge House, Trowbridge, on Saturday, 7 December 2-4pm. Everyone is welcome to attend and audience members are invited to bring one or two of their own poems to read at the open-mic. Tickets are £5 on… Continue reading Trowbridge Stanza: December Guest Readers Anthony Wilson and Dawn Gorman
Just to mention that the Places of Poetry project will be a read-only site from November 1 so if you have a site-specific poem about anywhere in England or Wales that you'd like other people to read - head over to Places of Poetry and pin a poem on their map. Here is some more… Continue reading Last Few Days to Pin a Poem to the Places of Poetry map!
As many of you know, I organise a monthly poetry group in Trowbridge. We meet every first Saturday, 2-4pm, at Drawing Projects UK, an art gallery, studio space and café, next to Trowbridge train station. Recently people have shared some tweets about Trowbridge Stanza and about Drawing Projects UK itself, so I thought I'd include… Continue reading Some feedback about Trowbridge Stanza
With both of my children now at university and not that many freelance projects on the go (but probably enough, for now) I have a lot more hours to myself these days. So far in October there have been some decent blocks of time available for me to write. Of course, that doesn't mean I've… Continue reading Mid-October Notes and looking ahead to November
Trowbridge Stanza is looking forward to welcoming poet and performance artist Safiya Kinshasa, AKA Birdspeed, to share her work at Drawing Projects UK, Trowbridge on Saturday, 2 November 2019 (2-4pm). There will also be the opportunity for the audience to perform their own poems at the open-mic. Tickets are £5 on the door. More details… Continue reading Poetry at Drawing Projects UK, Trowbridge, November 2: Guest Poet Birdspeed
Josephine Corcoran 