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.
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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.
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Writing prompt #2
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 #2: Write a poem…
Huw Lawrence on how he writes a poem
“However tenuous the relationship between the inspiration and the final poem, that ‘moment’ in which something happened to make you pick up your pen remains your only connection with the obsessive process of writing that followed.” What lies behind a poem is mysterious. A poem’s ‘inspiration’ is often unexpected and sometimes barely reflected in the…
One week to register your interest for Spells + Sanctums, a free evening of poetry!
There isn’t long left to register your interest for Spells + Sanctums, a free evening of poetry co-hosted by Nia Davies and Rhea Seren Phillips. The event is on the 9th of September, 6-9pm at The Mall Room, Taliesin Create. Readers will include: John Goodby, Rhys Trimble, Eric Ngalle Charles, Mamta Sagar, Lee Prosser, Guinevere…
Writing prompt #1
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 #1: Write a poem…
Maria Jastrzȩbska on how she writes a poem
“The best way to write a poem is underwater. The sounds of the world, of other people are muffled. Only their underbellies and limbs ripple through the water.” Geometric lines repeat themselves along the bottom of the pool or if you’re lucky enough to be in a clear sea shy fish suddenly appear from behind…
Hanan Issa on how she writes a poem
“Poetry is the ultimate language ‘glow up’ and it is where I go to try and make sense of the storm” Dragon-taming? I started writing about dragons. Not the friendly creatures that let you ride on their backs. I wrote them as wild monsters with blood-stained teeth and fiery tempers. They definitely ate…