What a treat to spend some time with Hilda Sheehan today, and on her birthday, too. Hilda has really helped me become more involved in poetry over the last few years, through her work at Bluegate Poets, Swindon, Domestic Cherry magazine, and the Swindon Poetry Festival, of which she was this year's Director. There must be hundreds of people… Continue reading Happy Birthday, Hilda Sheehan
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The Page as Open Field with Carrie Etter
A post about another enjoyable and interesting poetry workshop devised and delivered by Carrie Etter, made possible by Hilda Sheehan and Bluegate Poets, at The Richard Jeffries Musuem, near Swindon. In The Page as Open Field we read and discussed six poems which use the page in a non-linear, unconventional way, with text not necessarily… Continue reading The Page as Open Field with Carrie Etter