The English and Media centre have a great new Poetry Station app which links to their Poetry Station website. I’ve had…
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…
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…
Selvage: Andy Brown
I’m currently tucking into ‘In their own words’ (2012 Salt). Edited by Helen Ivory and George Szirtes, this is fascinating…
Epic Poems
If you haven’t yet caught up with the fascinating BBC Radio 4 series on the Human History of Noise, try…
Ars poetica and the 21st-century English/literacy classroom
Final call for English Teaching Practice and Critique: Ars poetica and the 21st-century English/literacy classroom We have received some very interesting…
Bike, Rain
A snowed-in Saturday gave me the chance to catch up with Cliff Yates’ new pamphlet Bike, Rain. Well worth a…
Snow poems for a Spring day
On a snowy day, when tree limbs thicken and shrubs bend double in our garden, there is nothing to do but…
thanks for coming along
Thanks to everyone who came to our Shoestring reading at the lovely Bookmarks last night. What a splendidly attentive audience!
Shoestring Poets at Bookmarks: Tuesday 19th March
Readings by Shoestring Press poets: Carole Coates, Sue Dymoke and Kate Foley reading from their new collections Tuesday 19th March…
Sue Dymoke Poetry 