As the title of this post suggests, I’ve been a busy woman lately. Which isn't unusual for me at this time of year – historically my best and most productive periods of writing have tended to be in winter. But this year has been … different. Turns out that winning awards makes stuff happen! First, …
Introducing … the Shardling
And now it’s time for the third of our three invented forms, created by my mid-week masochists: the Shardling. As I mentioned in the post about E Whetu, all my students for this course really seemed to enjoy forms that make use of a line or lines from another poet. My role was to steer …
Introducing … E Whetu
Time to dangle another invented form in front of you. For reasons that made sense when I started, and felt like an advanced degree in self-flagellation as the weeks wore on, I ran three separate groups for my Rhyme & Reasons class. The Belissima was the product of cheese before bedtime my Saturday group, and …
Introducing … the Belissima
Just finished teaching a series of classes looking at formal poetry. It’s been quite a lot of fun, even if I did manage to cock up the handouts. Repeatedly. (Sigh!) Oh well, doing everything online meant I could just make my (multiple) corrections to the master document and flick a new pdf to everyone right …
Poetry Class versus The Virus
Well that’s another swathe of plans sent down the porcelain gullet! Here I was, one class down, the second not due to be taught until May (leaving a comfortable amount of time to do some research, some gentle and leisurely reading, and maybe even some actual writing of my own), being very good and diligent …
A Dark Feathered Art 