First draft poem for Tracie Morris's Embodied Poetics workshop, written on the banks of Boulder Creek, 12/6/18.
Naropa SWP 2018
I'm in Boulder, Colorado, for the Naropa Summer Writing Program 2018! For the next three weeks I'll be blessed to be exploring workshops with Tracie Morris, CA Conrad and Anne Waldman. I'm in the company of some of the world's most beautiful people - poets, writers & spiritual beings whose presence makes my heart sing! Many … Continue reading Naropa SWP 2018
Whispers of Windrush
An attempt to heal & transmute whatever energies it is in my power to transform through creativity.
Freedom of Movement
29th March 2018 at Horse Play, The Black Dove, Brighton Freedom of Movement is a performance in poetry that is both a celebration of free movement and a protest against the idea that it can be brought to an end. 29th March 2018 marks the midpoint exactly one year between the triggering of Article 50 … Continue reading Freedom of Movement
Inheritance & Reproduction
"You can be invited to reproduce what you do not inherit." Sara Ahmed, Living a Feminist Life. Bhanu Kapil has blogged an incredibly powerful response to this quotation, here. In her response, Bhanu suggests: 'PERHAPS YOU CAN TRY IT TOO. ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IN TURN, ONE IN THE FORM OF POETRY AND THE OTHER IN THE … Continue reading Inheritance & Reproduction
Toward Passion According – Launch
Book launch of Jazmine Linklater's Toward Passion According, published by Zarf, at the Peckham Pelican, Sunday 18th February 2018, 7pm.
Three Poems for the Winter Solstice
'Winter', Vahni Capildeo: https://www.archiveofthenow.org/authors/?i=11&f=157#157 'Of Mutability', Maggie O'Sullivan: https://www.archiveofthenow.org/authors/?i=66&f=780#780 'Red Coil', Cecilia Vicuña: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiWpb3J1c8c&app=desktop
Sound Recording of Guided Meditation
Here's a sound recording of my poem Guided Meditation: for Maggie O'Sullivan. You can read the poem on Adjacent Pineapple here. And find out more about the poem here.
Guided Meditation for Maggie O’Sullivan – poem published
I've recently had a new poem published in Adjacent Pineapple, Issue Two. It's a great looking issue with some fine poets represented, including Paul Hawkins, Jazzmine Linklater, Joey Frances, Robert Sheppard and Paula Claire. My thanks to Colin Herd for inclusion in the issue. You can read Guided Meditation: for Maggie O'Sullivan here. I'm grateful to … Continue reading Guided Meditation for Maggie O’Sullivan – poem published
Echoes of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
Writing as re-writing, as copying. Pause, hesitation, stutter.
Sally-Shakti Willow 