“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.”
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Poetry Wales Pamphlet Competition Winner and Shortlist Announced
We are delighted to announce the winning, highly commended and shortlisted poets in the new Poetry Wales Pamphlet Competition 2021, judged by Taz Rahman, Matthew Haigh and Nia Morais. The winning pamphlet will be published by Seren Books in February 2022. Ten shortlisted poets will receive feedback from the judges, while 2 highly commended will…
Andrew Neilson: How I wrote ‘The Hustler’
“Perhaps unsurprisingly, this was a missing ingredient when I was trying and failing to write poetry as a young man.“ The Hustler We know we can’t finesse what’s been Michael Donaghy I met him twice. Once in my local, where suited he sat with a half of Guinness, his cue in its case like an…
Jack Solloway: How I wrote ‘Dating’ and ‘Shave and Haircut’
“[T]he poems, while ostensibly about other things, are just one-sided conversations in search of someone else. Most poems are, at least to begin with […]” I. Dating There are severed heads in the British MuseumThe human kind if you’d like to see themI can book a ticketIf you fancy it O, it says hereThey’re not…
Jessica Mookherjee: How I wrote ‘Jail Birds’
“I started to think of all the ways we are locked in our own selves and how much we can ever really be understood by others.“ Jail Birds The crow keeps records of my movements,no need for locks, his beak is keen and fast. Everywhere the starlings gather, they chitchateverything, quick quick, I go back…
Poetry Wales welcomes Marvin Thompson and Zoë Brigley as the magazine’s first joint editors!
“I am overjoyed to be appointed as the new editor of Poetry Wales with Zoë Brigley.”
Text: Paul Stephenson ‘Your Name’ Poetry Wales 56.2 Winter 2020
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Vacancy: Editor at Poetry Wales, applications open until 30th June 2021
Make your mark on the leading English-language poetry magazine of Wales. Poetry Wales is looking to appoint its new editor to be in post for the next 3 years in the first instance, starting Autumn 2021 for the March 2022 issue. Individual and two-person joint applications are welcome. Fee £3000 per issue, with potential to…