Send Rain
Until yesterday, we had had no rain in Dorset for over nine weeks, combined with day after day of temperatures hovering around the high twenties, low thirties. My sun-baked poetry…
Girl Golem by Rachael Clyne
I first came across Rachael Clyne as a member of 52, the online poetry group and workshop which was the brainchild of Jo Bell. Rachael’s work never failed to…
A Cat Can Look at a King
‘In ancient times, cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.’ (Terry Pratchett) Recently I was following a Facebook thread with interest and some dismay, where a fellow…
Happen It’s Poetry.
‘All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity…….’ David Bowie The snippet from Auden’s poem, In Memory of W.B. Yeats, that ‘poetry makes nothing happen…’ is…
Readings
I thought I’d begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine. Spike Milligan I’ve recently returned from a…
Launch Day
Today is THE day. We are delighted (and more than a bit excited :-) ) to announce the official launch of the new 4Word pamphlets from Lesley Quayle, Stella Wulf…
The Way 4Word
'Poetry is what in a poem makes you laugh, cry, prickle, be silent, makes your toe nails twinkle……… ' Dylan Thomas 4Word started life as a Facebook thread –…