Following my previous blog about pandemic living, I thought it may be quite apt to review a fellow disabled poet’s recent release focussing on life within a pandemic as a person with serious illness. “…i want to be/ the…
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Poetry is Eternal: Pandemic Life and Poetry
I was watching an episode of Torchwood last night in which death no longer existed. On learning this Gwen Cooper said “well, we can’t have that. What’ll the poets write about?” While broody death poems are a staple I think…
HOW NOT TO GIVE A READING AT KENDAL POETRY FESTIVAL
BY ALISON BRACKENBURY How would you prepare to give a reading at one of your favourite festivals? Imagine that you have been asked to take part in the very first Kendal Poetry Festival, back in the days of freedom,…