Jonathan Edwards takes the reader through his process for writing a particular poem
‘Some people use poetry to express heartache, but I use it to broadcast a message’
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/apr/11/george-the-poet-protesting-with-poetry
Poet Iain S Thomas says why people should read more poetry.
www.huffingtonpost.com/iain-s-thomas/why-you-should-read-more-poetry
The main obstacle to understanding poetry, whether you are talking about Keats or Shelley or Whitman
or even Leonard Cohen, is our ingrained tendency to be very literal in communication.
www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2015/02/25/why_is_poetry_difficult_to_understand.html
North East Poet Kate Fox raises the issue of what poets should be paid.
www.katefoxwriter.wordpress.com/2015/02/23/where-theres-poems-theres-brass
Martin Crucefix is half way through the process of judging this year’s Torriano Poetry Competition and offers
a compilation of thoughts on the judging process.
John M Sweeney says
'if anyone could predict which books will sell, publishing wouldn't be the dumb business it really is.'
Robert Peake, an American poet living in Britain, shares his thoughts on craft and innovation
Andrew O’Hagan prepares to complete a journey around the British Isles begun with Seamus Heaney, and reflects on his lifelong immersion in poetry, and celebrates poets as risk-takers and miracle-workers.
www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/06/andrew-ohagan-love-poetry-seamus-heaney
Emma Lee offers a step by step guide and checklist
Maitreyabandhu says spiritual life is primarily concerned with overcoming self-centredness, with committing
ourselves to values such as empathy and insight. Poetry can be a spiritual practice, a way of life.
www.magmapoetry.com/archive/magma-51/articles/13-ways-of-making-poetry-a-spiritual-practice
Trinidadian poet Roger Robinson talked to Katy Georgiou about dealing with rejection and why poetry
is a mission, not a business.
www.ideastap.com/IdeasMag/the-knowledge/roger-robinson-poetry
Ian Gregson, Professor of Creative Writing at Bangor University wonders if universities are doing poetry
books a disservice.
www.theconversation.com/poetry-is-well-and-truly-in-the-margins-will-it-ever-get-out
