Special Interest Groups and Mailing Lists
Response writing is an wonderful way to get yourself writing, and can have an immediacy about it that other types of writing do not. However the most common way to […]
Let There Be Light
This picture shows an almost fungal growth of lampshades, imagine a world were light was rationed, how would light be described, how precious would it be? Our perception of colours […]
Steph Pike – What Poetry Means To Me
Steph Pike is an activist and performance poet. Her poetry is urgent, topical and eloquent. She has performed extensively across the country and has been published in several anthologies. Her […]
TV Programmes
Do you have a favourite TV programme? Some long running soap or some fantasy drama? Then why not use it as inspiration for a series of poems? You can construct […]
When We Were Young
This photograph of father and child exploring gently the world of white wonder fires the nostalgia gland in many people even if it is some half remembered reference to A.A. […]
A Fine Time To Rhyme
Rhyme and rhythm are useful devices for poets. An interesting exercise is to make a table of rhyme, this can be done by hand using a ruler or on the […]
Social Media and Poetry
As part of National Poetry Writing Month the Tell Me More site is collection tweeted poems under the hash tag TMMPoetry. Go and check out the website and the hash […]
Reclaim The City
Urban centres are often subject to urban decay – where once there was industry now there is ruin and dereliction. Writing appears on the walls, sometimes they are ugly sprawls […]