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Tag: Poetry
Poetry Postmortem #11: Three Women by Sylvia Plath
‘I am a garden of black and red agonies.’ In a maternity ward, three women contemplate their lives, the brutality … More
March ’25: Can You Smell The Cigars?
Books: Letters of Ted Hughes by Ted Hughes and Christopher Reid & Sylvia Plath in Devon: A Year’s Turning by … More
The Ambition Bird: Fiona Larkin and The Poetry Society
Author’s Note: If you’d like to support my work but cannot afford to donate, you can make a one off payment … More
Poetry Drafting: the Poet as Gardener
I was once a firm believer in the philosophy: first thought, best thought. This is the belief in the purity … More
Grasshopper
Author’s Note: This poem was originally written on the 27th of March, 2023 and eventually published by Roi Faineant on the 4th of … More
Third-Place Winner: Where Flowers Give Birth to Snow
Author’s Note: I am delighted to announce that I came third place in London Writer’s Salon Hour Contest on the … More
February ’25: Of her still body there sprang a little blaze
Author’s Note: These entries are typically relayed as a play-by-play, but this month’s (and possibly continually) will be a collage … More
Breastplate
Author’s Note: Thank you to Charlie Baylis over at Anthropocene for not only choosing this poem, but for his edits too. * * … More
Between Fire and Ice: Imogen Wade, The Spectator, and what traditional poetry looks like today
“Some say the world will end in fire / Some say in ice.”—Fire and Ice, Robert Frost Last year’s National … More
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