poetry

I like things that haunt me That twist up and taunt me That cling to my brain, to my skin, and my bones Their goal is my heart, or maybe my soul They burrow inside and stay for so long They love me, they need me, they don’t know it’s wrong I know they can’t stay 'Cause love turns to pain But...

Not amusing as such, but I found it interesting. How Emily Dickinson Writes A Poem: A Short Video Introduction | Open Culture

Hello, writers. I am mainly a poet. At another site (gasp!) a novelist told me poets are not real writers since we deal with so few words. He pointed out that during our "write a novel in a month" month, what are we poets doing? Still obsessing about the same few lines or words? (Okay, I...

I've long enjoyed reading poetry, which has been a source of comfort, wonder, humour and inspiration. When I returned to creative writing in 2013, I did so by penning poems and short stories, moving on to novellas. Several poems became the catalyst for longer forms. In two years I created 400...

Well, you buy an old ambulance on ebay, as you do, and then.... Messages in bottles, that, and a bit of nourishment, reinforcement or escape, ain't that what it's about. The Emergency Poet

Litopians! Arise and submit! May is a great month for submitting your poetry, creative nonfiction, short stories, random musings, shopping lists, and yes! even whole manuscripts. There are over four dozen calls for submissions this month. All of these are paying markets! There are no submission...

I have just found about these awards and thought I would let everyone know here about it. To be eligible you must live in the frozen wasteland otherwise know as Northern England. New Writing North state on the awards website - 'Writers applying for the awards must currently live full-time in...