Mother Tongue, Other Tongue Launches in London – News – Poetry Translation Centre. This sounds like a brilliant poetry competition … More
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Making Poetry Matter
Originally posted on Making Poetry Matter:
Advance copies of the very handsome edition of Making Poetry Matter (published by Bloomsbury) are now winging their…
Iron Press at 40
A terrific line-up of poets, musicians and prose writers, orchestrated by the indomitable Peter Mortimer, appeared at Iron Press’s 40th birthday knees … More
From Dissections To Depositions, Poets’ Second Jobs : NPR
From Dissections To Depositions, Poets’ Second Jobs : NPR. A fascinating introduction to some US poets’ other jobs.
Poems and Greenhouses
As I’m now the proud owner of a lovely wooden greenhouse, I’ve been thinking about poems and greenhouses. The two … More
Poetry Station App
The English and Media centre have a great new Poetry Station app which links to their Poetry Station website. I’ve had … More
Do poets need rhymes?
Claudia Hammond’s ‘Mind Changers’ on Friday on BBC Radio 4 was about ‘Abraham Maslow and the Hierarchy of Needs’. This … More
We are Poets
An inspiring teaser for the full length film from wearepoets.co.uk The blurb below is taken from their site: “We Are Poets presents … More
Selvage: Andy Brown
I’m currently tucking into ‘In their own words’ (2012 Salt). Edited by Helen Ivory and George Szirtes, this is fascinating … More
Epic Poems
If you haven’t yet caught up with the fascinating BBC Radio 4 series on the Human History of Noise, try … More