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Author: Poetry Wales Admin
Anthony Wade: How I Wrote ‘A Lost Voice’
“It is in the editing-amending-polishing phases of the original thought-story-memory that I listen to the rhythms of the language, to the unfolding of the scenes, if more than one, and sense when there is what I think of as a key change, almost as though it is music”
Meeting Donald Hall
“Folded inside my copy of ‘Kicking the Leaves’ were two ruled pages of notes from a ring binder. At least now I can share some of the notes I scribbled at Donald Hall’s classes and from his writings”
Stuart McPherson: How I Wrote ‘In Time I’ll Fade Away’
“The more men that can look inside themselves and be comfortable with this the better. It enables us to be better humans, to take better care, both of ourselves and others”
Meredi Ortega: How I Wrote ‘Solo’
“I like to gather together all manner of things to see me through the making of a poem… I don’t know what to expect so I take everything, just in case.”
Rachael Clyne: How I Wrote ‘White/Other?’
“I’ve always been an issue based writer and one who draws from personal experience, but just ranting doesn’t cut it”
Doctor & Magician: A Tribute to Dannie Abse on the Centenary of His Birth
Poetry Wales are pleased to present ‘Doctor & Magician’ as a free e-booklet to celebrate the centenary of Welsh poet Dannie Abse’s birth
Christina Hennemann: How I Wrote ‘The Grim Reaper and the Empress’
“A lot of my images and phrases are the result of letting my subconscious lead the way and just go with it”
Caroline Smith: How I Wrote ‘Links’
“My experience as a sculptor at art school makes me wary of trying to create something that is self-consciously an artifact… For me it is the subject and material of the poem that drives its shape”