One of my absolute favourite poets is Miroslav Holub who was not only a world class poet but an eminent…
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…
Closed World
I wrote Closed World many years ago as a result of playing around with ideas about found texts and revisiting…
Young Poets’ Stories
Young Poets’ Stories is a new research project led by Associate Professor of Education Dr Sue Dymoke at NTU, working…
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…
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…
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.
DNA Poetry: writing about science and the natural world
Coming very soon (This Saturday Feb 15th) DNA Poetry: writing about science and the natural world: The collaborative DNA Time poetry…
Girls on Swings: a new poem film
The film of Girls on Swings was made by NTU third year Media undergraduates. It is a companion piece to two other poem films Roaming Range and First Blood.
