And there in your periphery, a family dressed in the last century, huddled in one room telling stories.
Azad Ashim Sharma on how he writes a poem
“I have to come to terms with how the very act of writing poetry for me must both resist and succumb to a racialised assemblage.”
Writing prompt #7
Ingesting the secret ingredient. (It’s tomato ketchup, not love.) Write a recipe.
Simon Mundy on how he writes a poem
Slowly, in starts and fits, Words resistant, fighting each other Not to come out, who must go first Into that opening line of fire. Who should lead the second paragraph, Demand a full stop. Now, Before the meaning becomes serious, The commission fulfilled. Why not go for coffee instead, Phone a friend, drive me to…
Writing prompt #6
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 #6: Write about change Another decade…
Dai George on how he writes a poem
“[W}e’re long past the point where a straight white male poet can be swaggering or ‘unreliable’ with impunity”
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Submissions are Currently Closed
We are not accepting submissions of poetry to the magazine at this time On This Page Update on Submissions for Winter 2025: Thank you to everyone who submitted for Poetry Wales Winter 2025. We were blown away to receive over 4,000 submissions for this callout, which is 1,000 more than we usually receive. We therefore…
Poetry Wales welcomes new editor Jonathan Edwards
“It is a huge honour to be appointed as the new editor of Poetry Wales […] Let’s make something wonderful.”