“It is a huge honour to be appointed as the new editor of Poetry Wales […] Let’s make something wonderful.”
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Prue Chamberlayne on how she writes a poem
“Write freely and richly, notice the rhythm and the images that float around it, and walk with these first beginnings, since pace helps the poem to find itself and its own way.”
Writing prompt #5
Write about the in-between
Stephen Emmerson on how they write a poem
“There have been times when I’ve invested months of effort into a project only to realise that it doesn’t work. That’s just how it goes. If you take risks, you can’t expect things to work out all the time.”
Writing prompt #4
Poetry Wales will be posting weekly/fortnightly prompts for its new competition Wales Poetry Award. Prompts are not mandatory nor required for submission, but intended as inspiration for new writing. Wales Poetry Award is open to international contemporary poetry and closes for submissions 28 November 2019. Click for more information. Writing prompt #4: Respond to a…
Eleanor Rees on how she writes a poem
Immanent living matter swirls through us all constantly, indeed this is what we are.
Writing prompt #3
We funnel ourselves through ritual after ritual, walks and waking, the sequence of turns and steps home, a thought spiral, movement, words, muscle-memorised
A spell-binding night: Spells + Sanctums at Swansea
On a drizzly evening set amongst a backdrop of wild flowers ‒ viola, carmine and verdant unwinding fronds ‒ we say diolch to Nia Davies after five years as editor of Poetry Wales.
Sascha A. Akhtar on how she writes a poem
Approach it as art. Paint it. Film it. What is trying to come out of you? Seek the form it requires. You can transform the space as you like. The words will transform you.