This is a micro-review of three books that make me come over all evangelical. All three by the same author: Michael Pollan. Oh boy. The first, The Omnivore's Dilemma, is a book that you have to read. I'm serious. Get a copy. Beg, borrow, steal or buy one now, and start reading. Especially if you are …
Epigrams and limericks and rhyming games – oh my!
My second session with the new Creative Writing course group. (Hi guys!) Today we were looking at the way that rhyme works in modern poetry, so we did the usual theoretical stuff (defining "perfect", "slant", "masculine", "feminine", "light", "eye/sight" and "wrenched" rhymes), using Carol Ann Duffy's Betrothal, Don Paterson's Imperial and Archibald McLeish's Ars Poetica as examples. …
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Notes for another poem in progress
I came across a local website that sells a variation of the whole Tibetan Prayer Flag thing. I'll quote from their website: We are currently helping with 2 refugees [...] By buying a set of these flags you take the opportunity to give and receive; to participate in the greater tapestry of life. I believe …
Collaborative poems
Yesterday was the final class in my first series of tutoring for CPIT. Good fun! Although got through the material a lot faster than I expected. (Either I'm a brilliant teacher, or they were desperate to get me to shut up and go home...) One of the things that we did – a couple of …
Teaching, and why it’s good for you
I have a lot of respect for good teachers. For one thing, I come from a family of them. A good teacher can change a student's life – give them that little push they need to really grow into their potential. Mind you, a bad teacher can destroy potential just as easily. I had both …
A Dark Feathered Art 