Interviewed by Zoe Brigley “I think what is so captivating about the moon to poets is that it’s this gleaming beacon in the sky. What do we do when we think deeply? Oftentimes people look to the sky for answers, especially clear night skies. It’s a process that’s deeply emotional and yet scientific… We as human beings…
Author: Frances Turpin
Frances is Poetry Wales' Magazine Manager
Siôn Tomas Owen on Rugby
Siôn Tomas Owen reads his piece ‘On Rugby’ from the feature ‘Poets on Sport’ in Poetry Wales 57.1
Free Poetry for Schools
In 2020 we launched the first Wales Young Poets Award, created to support young writers during lockdown. Land of Poets is the result of this competition: an anthology collecting the shortlisted poems in both Welsh and English categories, written by entrants aged 10-17 and edited by Eurig Salisbury; Wales Young Poets Award judge, former Welsh Children’s…
Laura Chalar: “How I wrote ‘The infanta walks her poodle after a sandstorm'”
“When that moment arrives, a verse or a phrase will come into my head, and that will be the start of the process. Once I have those few words in my mind, I know that I have a poem, no matter how long it takes for it to take shape.”
Submissions are Currently Closed
We are not accepting submissions of poetry to the magazine at this time On This Page Update on Submissions for Winter 2025: Thank you to everyone who submitted for Poetry Wales Winter 2025. We were blown away to receive over 4,000 submissions for this callout, which is 1,000 more than we usually receive. We therefore…