Yaaaaaaaaaar. Ok, so I’m not particularly pirate-y, but I like to think that I might be a rogue in my own particular way. This month I’ve been published by Picaroon Poetry, a magazine especially for poets of the roguish sort. I’m honoured to be read as dangerous enough, as usually I feel as edgy as…
Tag: british poetry
I Stain
I don’t often get too political. I think it’s a responsibility of the thoughtful poet or bard to give meaning to a chaotic world, or to help understand a state overcome with horror. I worry that I can’t write eloquently enough, that I don’t understand the facts well enough, or even that I’ll say something…
Allegro
Happy September! And the leaves come tumbling down. I love autumn. The month has been kickstarted by my poem ‘I Love You’ being included in issue 10 of Allegro Poetry Magazine. You can read the issue here. I’ve hardly had any time to write or be creative at all lately – moving house and various…
Review of Lapstrake
I did another review for Three Drops from a Cauldron… … And it’s definitely a goodie. Read my review over at the Three Drops site. Until the next time – Caroline
Staying Alive
It only seems fair that as well as my own writing I share those words I find inspirational too, right? 🙂 I was given a book of contemporary poetry for Christmas (thank you Mr.H) which is turning out to be insightful in so many ways. In combining thematic poetry of the last century, Bloodaxe Publishing…
What Connects
I love writing which sounds like an outburst. I suppose that’s quite a simplistic statement but it’s true nonetheless. A flash of automatic writing and a story combined. One of my more rhythmic bursting poems has been published on the I am not a Silent Poet blog. Occasionally I do have a bit of an…