Twenty years ago, four women met in a room little bigger than a cupboard, to air their poems for the first time ... Or as founder Karen McNabb put it in her speech last night, "to share inspirations, aspirations, and desperations". Yesterday was the Airing Cupboard's 20th anniversary party, and the launch of the Airing Cupboard's …
Push, and the 2nd installment of the Autumn Readings
Busy night at the MCB last night. And a good one! First up was the launch of David Gregory's third collection, Push (Black Doris Press, 2008). I'm in a poetry group with David (the infamous "Poots Group"), so many of the poems were familiar to me. But seeing them all together was startling. He's a friend, …
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NaPoWriMo – with nine days to go, I make badges
I thought it was a pity that there weren't many funky NaPoWriMo badges – NaNoWriMo has heaps. Anyway, I've just wasted an hour when I should have been writing trying to create some, specifically for those of us who are not US based, but still want to take part. Feel free to use them, but …
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The Autumn 2009 Readings Series is underway
Went to the first of the Autumn Poetry in Performance nights last night – and won the Open Mic! I read "The Messenger", a.k.a. 'The Spoon Poem'. (I'll post the poem on this site after I get it published. Maybe as part of the winter rotation.) It felt good as I read it, but I was …
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NaPoWriMo – another mad (but brilliant) idea
I've decided that this year I'm going to have a go at NaPoWriMo. No, not NaNoWriMo, NaPoWriMo. (Inter)National Poetry Writing Month. What on earth is (Inter)National Poetry Writing Month? It's a challenge. A celebration of poetry that coincides with the American National Poetry Month celebrations. And it's very simple: write a poem every day for the …
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A Dark Feathered Art 