Opposite Day Today - a poem. This is one a wrote for uni but it never made the grade. It is a memoir poem. Enjoy. 🙂 Bullet and Rose You have never seen darkness until it is night on a small boat in the middle of the sea. The water is inky black moving sinuously… Continue reading Daily Prompt – Opposite Day
Category: Poetry
Guest Writer – Rhian Edwards
Rhian Edwards came and gave a lecture on poetry at Trinity Saint David, Lampeter, last Wednesday. Now I am not one for the poetry but this lecture blew me away. It began fairly normally enough with Rhian running through poetry performance and how to find out where to do it. It was interesting and helpful.… Continue reading Guest Writer – Rhian Edwards
Guest writer – Mark Tredinnick
On the 26th of March 2013 Mark Tredinnick travelled from Sydney, Australia to come to the Carmarthen campus of Trinity Saint David. Okay he hadn't travelled just to come to Carmarthen, he was doing a tour of Wales. Mark is a nature writer and has won the Montreal Poetry Prize (2011) and the Cardiff Poetry… Continue reading Guest writer – Mark Tredinnick
A Guest Writer – Rati Saxena
So this Tuesday gone - the 19th March - I wandered up to the Carmarthen campus to listen to Rati Saxena ( http://www.boloji.com/writers/ratisaxena.htm) . I wasn't sure how this would work as she is a Hindi poet. But I also found out that she is also a translator, scholar and runs kritya (www.kritya.in). She has… Continue reading A Guest Writer – Rati Saxena
The Kangaroo Hat
So I thought I'd just quickly post this poem. Last year it got me 3rd prize in the Book Day competition at Aberystwyth and although it hasn't been published I am not certain I can use it for anything but a collection. So enjoy! The Kangaroo Hat Once I would have jumped and eaten and… Continue reading The Kangaroo Hat
Kate Murray - Cleaver 