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Tag Archives: poetry
‘The Cooler’ in The Interpreter’s House
Delighted to say that The Interpreter’s House issue 68 is out, the final issue edited by Martin Malone and assistant Charles Lauder Jnr. I’m delighted my poem ‘The Cooler’ is included, my second appearance in TIH after two of my … Continue reading
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Tagged poetry, The Interpreter's House
‘Sheer’ in Mirror Dance
The Summer 2017 issue of fantasy zine Mirror Dance has gone live, with a theme of masks and disguises. As well as fiction, it contains poems by Jeana Jorgensen, Mary Soon Lee, Todd Dillard and Robert Beveridge. Delighted that it … Continue reading
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Tagged fairy tale, Mirror Dance, poem, poetry, retelling, Sheer
‘The Well’ in Liminality
The eleventh issue of Liminality has gone live today. I’m very pleased that my poem ‘The Well‘ is included, my fourth appearance in the journal. Thanks to Shira Lipkin and Mattie Joiner!
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Tagged Liminality, poem, poetry, The Well
James Wright on the Olympian syndicate
In 1958, in July, [Wright] wrote me a letter (I’m sure similar letters went to others) in which he announced that he was through writing poems. […] The first issue of Robert Bly’s magazine, The Fifties, which he read at … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Hall, James Wright, poetry, Theodore Roethke
Joseph Harrison on writing and Penelope
Penelope’s situation (in Homer, of course, it’s a death shroud she’s weaving) seems to me an interesting figure for the predicament of the writer or artist: making something, ripping it up, making something, ripping it up, all the while vaguely … Continue reading
W. H. Auden on the function of poetry (1938)
The primary function of poetry, as of all the arts, is to make us more aware of ourselves and the world around us. I do not know if such increased awareness makes us more moral or more efficient;I hope not. … Continue reading
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Tagged function of poetry, James Fenton, Plato, poetry, The New York Review of Books, W. H. Auden
‘headache (hoofbeats)’ in Butcher’s Dog
Butcher’s Dog is a biannual poetry magazine, founded in the North-East of England. It has rotating co-editors, and a policy of anonymous submissions. The 40-page issue 8 is co-edited by Sophie F Baker, Amy Mackelden, and Clare Pollard, with a … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Mackelden, Butcher's Dog, Clare Pollard, Cuckoo Review, Eleanor Benson, Isabel Rock, poem, poetry, Sophie F Baker
