The Write Out Loud poem of the week is Stay Put by Mark Mr T Thompson
The Write Out Loud poem of the week is Stay Put by Mark Mr T Thompson, a popular, highly-regarded poet on the Write Out Loud poetry blogs. The reference isn’t difficult to discern given that the advice – Stay Put - to Grenfell Tower residents has been so much discussed in the few days since that desperate tragedy.
As with Tony Walsh’s response to the Ariana Grande attack, poetry is again pressed into service by a gifted poe...
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It began when Tony Walsh read his poem about Manchester, ‘This is The Place’, at the vigil for the 22 victims of the Manchester Arena suicide bombing....
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22nd Jun 2017 11:03 pm
Tracy K Smith is the new poet laureate of the United States, it has been announced. The poet laureate - Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry of the Uni...
22nd Jun 2017 11:02 pm
Michael Longley, who recently won the PEN Pinter prize, is one of five poets shortlisted for the £10,000 Forward prize for best collection, it was ann...
22nd Jun 2017 11:02 pm
Sarah Howe will be judging the £1,000 Winchester poetry prize. The deadline is 31 July. More details
22nd Jun 2017 11:02 pm
An anthology of football poetry featuring more than 100 poems in aid of Alzheimer Scotland’s Football Memories project has been launched at the Scott...
15th Jun 2017 11:52 pm
Kelly Madigan lives in Nebraska and this poem is from her book, The Edge of Known Things, from Stephen F Austin University Press. Did you think that y...
15th Jun 2017 11:52 pm
It is always reassuring when you pick up a book of poetry and it’s immediately obvious that the writer is entirely at home with the concept of craftin...
15th Jun 2017 11:52 pm
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