'Sex' by Hallielle Rose Dawson is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week
‘Sex’ by Hallielle Rose Dawson is the new Write Out Loud Poem of the Week. In her answers to our questions Hallielle, who is a paramedic, said that she started writing poetry seriously about three years ago, after producing poems "sporadically" in her teenage years. She added that poetry acted as a release valve for emotions encountered when she is carrying out her job: “Poetry is my way of releasing back into the atmosphere ...
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13th Aug 2018 9:25 am
Submissions are open for a new poetry magazine exploring our relationship to the night sky
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13th Aug 2018 9:24 am
A legendary and much-loved name on the London poetry scene and beyond, John Robert Clarke – aka Jazzman John Clarke – has died. Styling himself as a B...
13th Aug 2018 9:24 am
Raine Geoghegan was born in the Welsh valleys, and is half Romany with Welsh and Irish ancestry. She holds an MA in creative writing from the Universi...
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