At the Birmingham Hippodrome and online 13 – 16 February
Author: Frances Turpin
Frances is Poetry Wales' Magazine Manager
Betty Doyle: How I Wrote ‘Announcements’
“It raced through my mind, unlocking all the bars, yelling ‘no compromise – you must and can and will write’”
Content warning: pregnancy loss, childlessness
Poetry Wales Pushcart Prize Nominations 2024
We are excited to announce our nominations for this year’s Pushcart Prize.
Mick Felton Obituary
In memoriam.
Peter E Murphy: How I Wrote ‘Bad History’
“I have a hiraeth for Wales which, cliché alert! nourishes my soul and gets my muse all excited.”
Content warning: mentions of suicide and addiction.
Forward Prize Commended Poems
Meet the Poetry Wales poets featured in the Forward Book of Poetry 202
Seren Books | 2024 Poetry Call-Out
Seren Books are open to submissions for poetry collections and poetry pamphlets until 5PM Monday 30th September 2024
J.S. Dorothy: How I Wrote ‘Double-Empathy Problem’
“It’s therefore frustration that compelled me to write this poem, and a desire to illuminate how deeply compassion can be felt even when it’s not always immediately apparent”
Jane Houston: How I Wrote ‘Ponies’
“The poem is about a human experience of illness, due to a virus in the human body. But the illness itself takes a human form, and our abuse of shared ground gives the poem its monochrome palette.”