The global pandemic has only magnified an existing loneliness epidemic. It didn’t create it. Yes, loneliness was an epidemic during the time we now refer to as “before” (like the pre-apocalypse world in a work of science fiction.) Even though we have…
Junior poets laureate share vision for promoting poetry
Poetry is alive and well at North Andover High School – and may be about to become even livelier. Talia Brown and Izabel Ferrao, both juniors at the high school, were recently selected as the junior poets laureate at the…
Palmerston North father and son poets achieve unique double billing
Palmertston North poet Tim Upperton had a poem included in the latest edition of Best New Zealand Poems, along with his son Oscar. Palmerston North poet Tim Upperton celebrated National Poetry Day early, and in a unique way. National Poetry…
The Yorkshire Post Says: In a relentless age, why Yorkshire’s poetry village needs our support
Yorkshire has a grand tradition when it comes to poetry. This is the county where Andrew Marvell and Ted Hughes were both born and raised, while another literary titan, Philip Larkin, made Hull his home for the last 30 years…
Poetry on the political end of the spectrum
THE NEW poetry collections by Karen J McDonnell, This Little World published by Doire Press, and Butterflies Of A Bad Summer, by Karl Parkinson, published by Salmon, have two things in common. Both are by writers early on in their careers – McDonnell’s…