Tag: communal poem

• September 22, 2012

  Week 11: 9-22 September

  There’s no stopping them now. The momentum has built with each communal poem – they have sprouted an air of confidence. I rather like the tangents this week’s communal poem takes, albeit surprising (and still a little bumpy rhythmically). Again there’s a morbid fascination, and dark humour – possibly from the same coffee hound who…
• September 20, 2012

  Week 10: 2-8 September

  They did it again! The caffeine fiends at The Bean Barn didn’t just follow the line I left on the residency whiteboard, they led it down some seedy lane ways and back alleys. Nine different sets of handwriting appeared on the board over the week, with some truly alarming word selection and a bit of…
• August 30, 2012

  Weeks 5-7: 29 July-18 August

  Poet on holiday. The words ‘poet’ and ‘holiday’ in the same sentence might be seen as a dubious proposition. A poet often doesn’t have two cents to rub together, let alone the capacity to save them up to any great effect. Harsh? I accept the likelihood that poetry will  never afford me holidays – that…