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Getting a poem into The Rialto is one of my poetry highlights, certainly of this year and probably of my poetry life. When I received a letter of acceptance from the editors in February I leapt about my house with happiness and even had a little cry. Why all the fuss? I suppose because ever… Continue reading A poem in The Rialto
Some news that made me stop and think this week was the announcement of the death of Gerard Benson, one of the founders of Poems on the Underground. I didn't know Gerard Benson or his writing but I have benefitted hugely from reading poems posted behind the straphangers on London's tube trains. The scheme started… Continue reading The generosity of public poems
I'm very pleased to tell you that tall-lighthouse is going to publish a pamphlet of about twenty of my poems in late 2014. I'm still working on a title and have spent much of today sitting on my stripy rug, scribbling down ideas, as well as going for a muddy walk to help me think.… Continue reading Very pleased to tell you…
Sharing your poetry books with children. Children seem very open to writing, reading and talking about poetry. I've never heard a child say, as I've heard plenty of adults say, "Oh, I don't really get poetry." I've mentioned before that, since they were 11 and 12 (they're now 13 and 14), I've taken my own children… Continue reading Beyond the Ning Nang Nong.
April is almost here and if you're one of the many, many people whose inkwell is full to the brim in readiness for NaPoWriMo there are over 300 poems on my poetry site, And Other Poems, to inspire you. If ekphrasis is your thing, I've gathered poems inspired by art onto my scoop.it page… Continue reading Poems to inspire you for #napowrimo!
On Wednesday, 19th February there was a day of peaceful, national protests against the French company, Atos SE, a multinational IT services corporation which has received millions of pounds from the UK Government for contracts to carry out public services, including a £500 million contract with the Department for Work and Pensions to carry out… Continue reading A poem of protest
Last week's post made reference to 'Cut', the poem Sylvia Plath wrote after cutting her thumb, and it made me think that there seem to be poems about every subject. Also, just as some people always say the right thing at the right time, there are others who always come up with the right poem… Continue reading A poem for every occasion?
A poetry blog, to many people, is a site for their own poems but my poetry blog, And Other Poems, is different because I post other people's work and invite submissions. I suppose And Other Poems could more accurately be described as a zine or a journal but it's blog technology I'm using and, anyway,… Continue reading A poetry blog, zine or journal: why you should
Happy New Year to everyone. My aim this year is to post more regularly here, once a week if I can, and I'm thinking that Sunday might be the day for it. Let's see. Christmas has been and gone. This year the cost-effectiveness and renewability of an artificial tree appealed, so we set out on… Continue reading Unknown trees, Ted Hughes, a poem and rabbits!
In no particular order, here's some online and offline stuff I've enjoyed in 2013. Two great blogposts I love following Isabel Rogers on twitter and this year I got to meet her at The Live Canon Poetry Competition Prize Giving. Here's her fantastic blogpost about that event. In fact, 2013 was a bumper year for… Continue reading Skip to the good bits
Josephine Corcoran 
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