***THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT*** I am currently very excited about this… On Thursday 29th September, at 7:30PM Selected Poems at the V&A Reading Rooms will be celebrating the release of the new anthology Days of Roses, and will be co-hosted by, and feature readings from, the editors Declan Ryan and Malene Engelund. It [...]
Archive for August, 2011
The next Selected Poems at the V&A Reading Rooms – Days of Roses
Posted in Events, tagged Christopher Reid, Days of Roses, Declan Ryan, Liz Berry, Malene Engelund, Selected Poems, V&A Reading Rooms, William Searle on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Review: Internet Poetry – Clinic @ BEACH, East London
Posted in Events, Reviews, tagged 81 austerities, beach london, Clinic poetry, harry burke, internet poetry, rachael allen, Sam Buchan-Watts, Sam Riviere, steve roggenbuck on August 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’m pretty much behind the times when it comes to internet poetry. In all confidence I wouldn’t be able to point you towards a ‘good’ internet poet, as I have little to no idea what it would look like. So, imagine my delight when one of my favourite poetry collectives Clinic decide to run a [...]
Round-up of poetry news – 21/08/11
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Harold Pinter's last poem, john burnside interview, judith palmer, micheal longley interview, poetry news, poetry society, T.S. Eliot East Coker on August 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I thought that considering I see so much interesting poetry related news or features throughout the week, and never actually do anything with it, I thought that I would start collecting this information in a weekly round-up for everyone (and myself). Hope you enjoy! The Guardian has reported that male poets are stripping off for a [...]
Selected Poet #2 – Toby Martinez de las Rivas (new work)
Posted in New poetry, tagged Clinic poetry, Eyewear, Faber New Poet, toby martinez de las rivas on August 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Following on from the first Selected Poet, Jen Calleja, I am very excited to bring you the second writer in our Selected Poet series. Toby Martinez de las Rivas, who read at the Clinic Selected Poems event, has kindly sent over three very new poems, which can be found below. There are some useful link [...]
Omar Souleyman & the five poets fighting over him
Posted in Poetry finds, tagged Bjork, Crystalline, Mahmoud Harbi, Omar Souleyman, Poetry on August 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’m lucky enough to have musically dexterous friends who nourish me with interesting bands and music, keeping me young like a windswept and interesting vampire. Omar Souleyman’s name cropped up a few years ago and I’ve been listening to him ever since. He’s been getting some well-deserved attention recently, as he has remixed Bjork’s new [...]
Allen Ginsberg & Arthur Russell collaboration – Ballad of the Lights
Posted in Poetry finds, tagged allen ginsberg, arthur russell, ballad of the lights, collaboration, Poetry, Press pop on August 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’d say its pretty well known that Allen Ginsberg was a big fan of writing and performing his own songs. On a trip to Edinburgh once, me and several friends found the song sheet for Ginsberg’s ‘Everybody’s just a little bit homosexual’ in his Selected Poems, and would often burst out in to its jovial [...]
Review of Selected Poems at the V&A Reading Rooms – Stop Sharpening Your Knives
Posted in Events, Reviews, tagged charlotte geater, emily berry, faber poet, Jack Underwood, matthew gregory, maurice riordan, Poetry, Sam Riviere, ssyk, stop sharpening your knives, tim cockburn, v and a reading rooms, V&A on August 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Its been quiet round these parts for a while, and I’d like to apologise for that. But please let me show you the fruit of my quiet labour: This July, it was the turn of the editors of Stop Sharpening Your Knives to co-host a Selected Poems. I had been thinking about this night for [...]
