Eavan Boland on the Seditious Nature of Poetry QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Eavan Boland, the Irish poet, author and academic, on how poetry can get away with it…
Dartington Trust Gardens are looking for a Poet in Residence
The position is open to any poet in the UK and will run from January to December 2022. The poet in residence will make four weekend trips to Dartington, one … Continue reading
Poems by Phone…because sometimes you need a shot of magic
I’ve just read that a new bright blue telephone booth has been installed in Dubuque, Iowa to give callers a direct line to poetry. It is a year long project … Continue reading
Theft in Poetry – T.S. Eliot QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. The good poet welds his … Continue reading
Poems fall outside the usual laws of language…Jack Underwood QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Poems and black holes have a lot in common. Both have a singularity, for instance. Poems also keep their centres hidden, and like black holes they do not return a … Continue reading
Poems are a way of looking at yourself – Michael Rosen QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Poems are like photos in a photo album …It gives you a chance to look at yourself. Rather like the way people do when they’ve got two mirrors.Michael Rosen Photo … Continue reading
BRIGHTON’S REGENCY HOUSEKEEPER says NO to two readers (perhaps it’s the mood she’s in)
This week Mrs Finnegan, housekeeper at The Regency Town House and agony aunt to the masses, replies to a poet and an over eager dancer. She also finds solace in housework … Continue reading
SUBMISSIONS WINDOW – send your fiction, non fiction and poetry to Salt Publishing
For the entire month of November 2020 Salt Publishing are unlocking the windows and flinging open the doors to writers of fiction (novels and short stories), narrative non-fiction and poetry. … Continue reading
These Are The Hands…if ever there was a book that spoke to our time this is it
These Are the Hands is a collection of poetry about the NHS written by NHS staff: doctors and nurses at all stages of their careers and the other vital – … Continue reading
It rained when it should have snowed…Seamus Heaney QUOTES FOR WRITERS
It rained when it should have snowed. When we went to gather holly the ditches were swimming, we were wet to the knees, our hands were all jags and water … Continue reading
Yeats on what the world has to offer QUOTES FOR WRITERS
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.W.B. Yeats Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash
What inspires us – Seamus Heaney QUOTES FOR WRITERS
‘Inspiration…it’s a large ancient word. It means something that tempts you, that suggests you could go ahead – a little flicker of energy. It doesn’t need to be dramatic, just … Continue reading
The first line of a poem is the most important line, says Billy Collins QUOTES FOR WRITERS
There’s a lot of waiting around until something happens… there’s a kind of vigilance involved. I think what gets a poem going is an initiating line. Sometimes a first line … Continue reading
Nations depend on poetry and painting, said William Blake…Quotes for Writers
Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.William Blake
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 