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What Poetry Did for Me

11.07.2012
Five and a half years ago, I received a phone call in my grandmother's kitchen informing me that I was one of 15 winners of the 2006 Foyle...
Read Alice Oswald's 'Beaufort Poem Scale'

Read Alice Oswald's 'Beaufort Poem Scale'

9.07.2012
Beaufort Poem Scale is taken from Conversations with the Wind by Alice Oswald, a new collection of eight poems specially commissioned for...
Merlin's Country

Merlin's Country

29.06.2012
Caerfyrddin, my father's county, takes its name from the Roman word for a castle, caer, and the wizard Myrddin - famously in English, Merlin...

5:7:5 The News in Haikus

27.06.2012
In response to the kid who defined a haiku in a haiku recently, I've translated a few stories from around The Huffington Post UK.
Why Edmund Spenser Matters

Why Edmund Spenser Matters

27.06.2012
Literary biographers almost invariably conclude that their subject is unjustly neglected and deserves to be more widely read. Few writers...
Could You Do Better?

Could You Do Better?

26.06.2012
You know the drill: your teacher asks you to compose a poem, you drum your fingers for a few hours and come up with something sickly sweet...
Shakespeare The Blogging Bard? Why O-Levels Should Become E-Levels

Shakespeare The Blogging Bard? Why O-Levels Should Become E-Levels

25.06.2012
While some of the latest suggestions from the Department of Education which seem to be rolling out at the same rate as spam emails are...
The Importance of Introducing Poetry to Young People

The Importance of Introducing Poetry to Young People

23.06.2012
My path into poetry was strange really, I started out as a teacher and then I became known for my music. I was part of a group called The...
Poet Katherine Stansfield Performs 'O Bees Of Rhode Island'

Poet Katherine Stansfield Performs 'O Bees Of Rhode Island'

Sam Parker  20.06.2012
Katherine Stansfield is an award-winning poet whose work has appeared in Magma magazine, the New Welsh Review and Poetry Wales. She also...
Reciting Poetry is One Thing, Loving it Another

Reciting Poetry is One Thing, Loving it Another

11.06.2012
It has long been recognised that poetry is a valuable device for introducing new words in isolation - such as 'contrary' in 'Mary Mary'...
Sally Jenkinson Performs 'Lullaby'

Sally Jenkinson Performs 'Lullaby'

Sam Parker  7.06.2012
Sally Jenkinson runs Poetry Pulpit, an open-mic poetry night in Bristol. “Lullaby is about that weird insomnia-hinterland where you...

Science and Poetry

7.06.2012
So, are scientific theories poetic? Mary Midgley, with her deep care for poetry and literature, talked so clearly and freeingly about the...
Do Poets Really Care About Slams?

Do Poets Really Care About Slams?

6.06.2012
For one reason or other, lately I've been having the same conversation: do poets really care about slams?
WATCH: Poet Reminds Us There's More To London Than The Jubilee

WATCH: Poet Reminds Us There's More To London Than The Jubilee

Sam Parker  1.06.2012
Over the next few months, thousands of extra visitors from around the world will tread London's streets in search of Jubilee or Olympic...
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