“I hope that along with evoking an artist’s sensibility and intellect at a young age, my poem also conveys [Richard] Burton’s powerful forward motion in life”
Yuan Changming: How I Wrote ‘East vs West: A Synoptic Cultural Comparison’
“As I see it, the form of a poem is always an integral part of its content”
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Hassan A. Usman: How I Wrote ‘Displacement Ghazal’
“I have always seen poetry as a form of resistance and an (urgent) response to every part of our daily lives”
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Eve Elizabeth Moriarty: How I Wrote ‘Card Trick’
“Sometimes if I’m being flippant I say basically my entire writing career is based on pointing out that some stuff is a bit like other stuff”
Laurie Bolger: How I Wrote ‘Bants’
“[There] were scaffolders banging outside our window ‘talking loud’ shouting and swearing… I wrote this poem in my phone notes app whilst we listened to them and made ourselves a tea”
The True Story of a Sable Maid’s Appearance in the 18th Century
A poem by Jenny Mitchell, in solidarity with actress Francesca Amewudah-Rivers
Josh Smyth: How I Wrote ‘Billboard’
“During these visits, I am immersed in familiar company, and it isn’t until I have short moments away from family, in solitude, when I take stock of my surroundings and focus on the unfamiliarity of everything”