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And Other Poems is looking for holiday-themed poems to post in August. All locations welcomed: sun-drenched, rain-filled, exotic or mundane; seaside, mountainside, lakeside or roadside. Caravans will not be discriminated against, nor will gîtes, tents, villas, boats, B&Bs, hotels, house-swaps or tree-houses. Whatever and wherever 'holiday' means to you, restful or stressful, silent or multilingual,… Continue reading Call for Poems: Holiday Poems Wanted
I haven't posted for a while and here's what I've been up to... I put together 24 poems for a pamphlet competition and it took a lot of time, deciding which poems seemed good enough and which fitted the theme. Yes, a theme. I looked again at the poems I've written over the last four… Continue reading Writing themes, blogs and The Beatles.
I'm thrilled to be posting a long out of print poem of Ian Duhig's on my poetry blog today. You can read The Irish Slave here. I am so grateful to Ian for his generosity in sharing this and for sending the following notes, with fascinating links, which help to unravel the poem's mesmerising story.… Continue reading Footnote to Ian Duhig’s poem, ‘The Irish Slave’.
I thought it would be good to create a reasonably quiet, uncluttered, noise-free space for poems. The thing about writing a blog is that it's often tempting to add images, widgets, links and all sorts of stuff to make your site more interesting to visit. But poems, in my opinion, really don't enjoy too much… Continue reading I’ve started a new blog, just for poems
Josephine Corcoran 