We are delighted to announce the 2020 shortlist for Wales Poetry Award. Our 2020 competition was sponsored by Literature Wales and judged by prize-winning poet Pascale Petit. Download the shortlist PDF below. The Shortlist (in alphabetical order of poet): Rowland Bagnall, ‘Feeling and Painting’ Rowland Bagnall, ‘The Hare’ Natalie Crick, ‘Sisters’ John Davies, ‘Caliban’ Dominic…
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“Alchemy, metamorphosis, seems to be at the heart – a moment when the language of the poem leaps beyond all the mechanics of effort I put in.”
“If you’re a poet, I don’t think there’s ever a time when you’re not writing.” In his poem ‘Night Fishing’, Glyn Edwards likens the writing process to wrestling with a pike thrashing in his throat in the middle of the night, which he’d haul ‘from my head in waking gloom / and wrap its snarl…
I RUN baths like I write poems.Draw the hot water first,soak the blank white. Leave it sit for a while often too long’til it soups cold. Or I’ll run it steaming full,let out the excess to avoid floods,that unwanted heat bit by bit, top up with the C tap. Submerge ’til skin turns pink, sweat forms on my brow,…
Announcing the appointment of three new contributing editors.
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To mark National Poetry Day in its celebration of all things poetry, we’re excited to share our newly upgraded Welsh Gold subscription, now available to purchase for £150 (worth £190*). The updated subscription includes every Seren poetry title published in 2021, supporting even more fantastic poets from Wales and beyond. This offer is available until…
First of three Professional Development Opportunities at Poetry Wales is open for applications until 11 October 2020
