the “test of the artist is to be able to revise without showing a seam” (loc. cit.). That sewing image stresses the notion of skilled craftsmanship. Pound and Williams were American, writing long after Wordsworth, but, as you can see, like countless other poets...
after a two-year pandemic hiatus, with the Awayday in May – day-long writing retreat at Dumbleton Hall. This was the eighth CPS Awayday, which had been annual event pre-pandemic. As always, I enjoyed working with CPS Chairman, Roger Turner, on the design and content of the day’s wo...
tv, conversations, lawyer-speak, etc.—coalesce and collide, creating meaning from their juxtaposition, meaning that is not subject to control or definition but (among other things including just being what it is) questions the rules
Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, who had by their example given English poetry a new direction, above all with the introduction of the Petrarchan sonnet, but also
I discovered that presenting, reading and performing my poetry best enabled me to bring others to these wondrous and enlightening places as well. I came to understand that poetry could offer a way to both express my views, concerns and questions, and also allow me to invite others to do the...
than you will be able to read to catch up. All your questions will be answered long before you catch me even if it is after my body is dead, but my soul not. I am calling you from far away to put on your dancing shoes,
“If we are living in the material world, I want Amy Key to be my material girl. She makes her pleats and flounces move; she crowds the surface with colour and texture right where it needs to be to draw the reader in like a bee to the velvet bell of the foxglove; or like the ...
Is replete with tattoos. Just look at me now! I cannot evade the ‘me too’ syndrome. That’s why I inject myself with botox! Look how cute I am. Fuck the haters! I can’t have enough of attention, That’s why my jalopy hollers, ...
D.By asking questions.;4.Which of the following may the author not agree to? A.Asking questions helps you understand a poem. B.Special effects and qualities of poetry are worthy of note. C.You must understand a poem fully before you appreciate it. D.It is acceptable that you cannot ...
InMy My My LifeAlasdair Paterson treats us to a cornucopia of existential titbits, real or imaginary - from questions of pirate and Pictish identity to riffs on twilight and the twilight years, via an involuntary appearance in a Breughel painting, the poetic output of a mad king and dinner...