Pretentious? Moi?
People find some curious ways to promote poetry. One strategy I've often noticed ( and already complained about when journalists do it )...
Top ten poetry pop songs
Okay, this is a frivolous post, but there's nothing I like better than a pop song that gives a nod to the world of poetry. True, there&#...
The Workshop
Although Alexei Sayle has been very unflattering about anyone 'who uses the word workshop outside of light engineering' , workshops ...
Poetry, Left and Right
Recently, my contributor copy of the New Boots and Pantisocracies anthology plopped through my letter-box. It is a good-looking book, with ...
Music and Lyrics
One of the questions I get asked now and then about poetry, and one of the more interesting ones, is about the difference between song lyric...
