Posted in Poetry, tagged Poetry on May 29, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’m happy to say that I’ll have two of my poems - Spilt and Bang-bang appearing in the next issue of JAAM magazine. Thanks to the editor of this issue (26) Tim Jones, who obviously has excellent taste! It should be launched by September for those of you desperate to get a hard copy.
Posted in Poetry, Writing, tagged Poetry on May 20, 2008 | 21 Comments »
This is a draft poem I’m working on. The motif I’m thinking about is Magical Thinking. Feedback welcome.
Carmen’s mother
Carmen’s Mother is a bird.
She shat on the front seat of the truck
two nights in a row
she wasn’t pleased.
On the third night Carmen’s dad shut the window
in the morning little scratch marks
her trace.
She must have flown up
above [...]
Posted in Craft, Food, Home life, Paper, Poetry, Reading, Sustainability, Writing, tagged Cooking, Holidays, Poetry on May 5, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Finally I return to blogland, a little worse for wear post school hols but in one piece. I feel like I should write a “wot oi did in me skool holidays” post, we packed a lot in. One of the most satisfying things I did last week was to whip up some of this Autumn [...]
Posted in Home life, Writing, tagged Grief, memory, Poetry, Writing on April 3, 2008 | 8 Comments »
My friend Carmen and I each have a story about handbags that belonged to our dead mothers, about opening them to find a hanky with scent or a tissue with blotted lipstick. We cling to small things like these. These things are like the grain of sand in the oyster for a poet. The scent [...]
Okay so today is my first official writing day but I’m really just revising, a bit of a warm-up lets say. These are re-workings I’m sending off into the world, hopefully they’ll appear somewhere later this year, I’ll keep you posted. Comments welcomed!
Bang-bang
The bang-bang of the screen door
is the only indication she was here.
I [...]
Posted in Poetry, Reading, Writing, tagged Poetry, Politics, Readers, Writers, Writing on March 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
All that remains: discarded ticket stubs; notes and new books to be digested over a cuppa.
I’ve put down some notes about the sessions I attended here.
For a wee potted summary - re-occurring themes across events:
Creating from the unconscious, on the edge of sense and non-sense, intuitive but [...]
Posted in Home life, Poetry, Writing, tagged craft Hub, joy Little Gems, Poetry on March 13, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Okay, I just have to say that today was near perfect. My lovely neighbour and friend took the kids early so I could catch the train into town with my beloved, then go and listen to Paul Muldoon the Irish poet. Between the railway station and the poet I found the perfect pair of boots [...]
Posted in Poetry, Reading, Writing, tagged Poetry, Writers Readers on March 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Ah! The glorious week of Writers & Readers is upon us! I am ready to be inspired, I have my little notebook and pencil, my tickets, childcare (thanks Dad). I will be attending:
12/3
Secrets & Lies
13/3
Poetry Machine: Paul Muldoon
Art & Text
14/3
It’s Not Wishful Thinking: CK Stead
The Camera is a Small Room
15/3
Online with George Monbiot
Don’t Mention [...]
Posted in Craft, Home life, Poetry, Writing, tagged Craft, Poetry, vintage, Writing on February 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m very excited to share with you that I’ve made a big decision. I’ll be taking the next 6 months off business to write!
This means you should be seeing a lot more of me and hopefully more poetry. Luckily I still have lots of craft and vintage items to photograph and tease you with!
Posted in Home life, Poetry, Writing, tagged Kitchen, oracles, Poetry on February 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
As of Wednesday this is our kitchen:
Behind the fridge we found 3 Blind dead mice and a pile of magnetic poetry words. As I bent down to sweep up the mice I found the word “Bite”. Not any more mate! I love finding oracles in the everyday, the magnetic poetry has alway been a good [...]
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