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Why you should try poetry translation
One of the reasons I read literature in translation is to extend my sense of the possible – to get a sense of what English-language writing might be missing.
Conversations with mountains
I hope to produce a poem that is full of light and life, that is itself an ecosystem made up of many different sights, sounds, creatures, memories and ideas.
Getting your poetry out there. Part one – The open mic night
So your tutors are giving you good feedback, and you’re happy with what you’re writing, but what’s the next stage in sharing that with other people? People you don’t know, people whose opinions matter, people who are part of a wider community of poets?
The art of parody
Parody is enormous fun. It’s a very good way of finding out about other writers’ styles, although you have to choose someone with a distinctive voice. I think the greatest gains are to be had writing poetic parodies. You discover new verse forms, new ways of looking at things, new ways to use images, alliteration, metaphors
What Is Prose Poetry?
The name itself is surely a contradiction in terms – how can a poem be ‘prose’, when ‘prose’ is the very word used to describe writing that’s not poetry?
Facing up to what you really don’t want to try
For decades I was terrified of poetry. It all seemed so incredibly technical and difficult. I didn’t see the point; I wanted to tell a story. So when I did my MA I made myself face up to this and do the poetry module, even though the scriptwriting one beckoned as I’d already had five radio plays broadcast. What’s the point of doing a course if you don’t learn something new? I struggled. It hurt. I came to realise that this was something I had to actively learn.
Voices unheard
The pivot of my conversation with Sheffield poet Helen Mort is on balancing writing about public events with reflecting on private experience. We are speaking…
‘It’s Late’ brings early publishing success for poet Josephine Edge
This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. OCA creative writing student Josephine…
‘Red Roots – Orange Sky’ published
This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. OCA tutor Csilla Toldy’s first collection…
Love reading
Lovelorn, partnered, married, happily single: this week, it’s hard to avoid the tacky manifestations that now accompany the annual celebration – or commiseration – that is Valentine’s Day.
Bending the rules
Major movements forward in the development of poetic form have often been achieved by abandoning accepted conventions. The Romantic poets’ parting with the heroic…