A delightful short poem film by Maria Vidal
Author: Sue Dymoke
Sue is a poet, Associate Professor in Education at Nottingham Trent University and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts. What They Left Behind, her third full poetry collection was published by Shoestring Press in 2018.
Squid Squad by Matthew Welton
Here’s a review of Matthew Welton’s vibrant new collection Squid Squad: A Novel, which I wrote recently for the Nottingham … More
Suggested Poetry and Science reading
One of my absolute favourite poets is Miroslav Holub who was not only a world class poet but an eminent … More
Let’s talk about Poetry and Science
This week Pippa Hennessy, Chris Jones and I are putting the finishing touches to our Poetry and Science event which … More
Closed World
I wrote Closed World many years ago as a result of playing around with ideas about found texts and revisiting … More
Young Poets’ Stories
Young Poets’ Stories is a new research project led by Associate Professor of Education Dr Sue Dymoke at NTU, working … More
A Call Out for Foyle Young Poets
We hope that Foyle Young Poet Award winners and highly commended poets from 2012 – 2019 will be interested in … More
Listen to the Light
Taking the lead from John Harvey, I also want to share a poem with you. It’s not new but perhaps … More
Poem for World Poetry Day: John Harvey
Originally posted on Some Days You Do …:
THE U.S. BOTANICAL GARDENS WASHINGTON D.C. The floor is azure blue tile slick with the residue…
Translating Rilke, Montale and Tang Dynasty poets
Shoestring Press poets Matthew Barton, Roy Marshall and Martin Stannard gave us a marvellous evening of poetry in translation at Five Leaves Bookshop last week. Their approaches to translating from Italian, German and Chinese were very different, reflecting their own distinct poetic voices.
