Hot off the blog is ANOTHER reply to my curly question about why poets poetecise, this time a very thoughtful and honest reply about struggling to find new things to say, by one of my longtime favourite poets, joanne burns,…
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Why Do You Write Poetry? – alicia sometimes
alicia sometimes is the latest bunny to jump into the headlights of the tricky question that I habitually put to poets and yet never deign to answer myself. Her answer went up on The Blue Corner a while back. Here…
Why Do You Write Poetry? – Paul K. Tunis
My second instalment of WDYWP?, featuring the illustrative genius of US comicpoet Paul Tunis, author of the glorious Blind to Blue, is now available for your reading pleasure over at The Blue Corner. He makes a Rube Goldberg reference. This…
Why Do You Write Poetry? Has Moved
Long-time readers might be familiar with my semi-regular blog posts wherein I put the above question to practitioners of the poetic art to find out what motivates them to practise it in the first place. As of now that semi-regular…
Tagged with: going down swinging, Kevin Brophy, The Blue Corner
Posted in people who are nice enough to publish me, why do you write poetry?
Posted in people who are nice enough to publish me, why do you write poetry?
Why Do You Write Poetry? – Kevin Brophy
I asked a bunch of poets the above question. I’ll keep posting them until I run out or get distracted. Kevin Brophy says: Why I Write Poetry My mother prays for me. Her prayers sometimes appear in my pockets as…
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Posted in i would like to recommend these people's writing, why do you write poetry?
Posted in i would like to recommend these people's writing, why do you write poetry?
Why Do You Write Poetry? – Nathan Curnow
I asked a bunch of poets the above question. I’ll keep posting them until I run out or get distracted. Nathan Curnow says: I guess the challenge/complexity of the form just seems to fit with me. It’s work and it’s…
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Posted in i would like to recommend these people's writing, poetry, the writing process, why do you write poetry?
Posted in i would like to recommend these people's writing, poetry, the writing process, why do you write poetry?
Why do you write poetry? – Matt Hetherington
I asked a bunch of poets the above question. I’ll post their answers until I run out or get distracted… Matt Hetherington says: “because if i DON’T, i feel WRONG. dirty, restless, irritable. it’s like cleaning the windows [or other…
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Posted in i would like to recommend these people's writing, poetry, why do you write poetry?
Posted in i would like to recommend these people's writing, poetry, why do you write poetry?
Why do you write poetry? – Grant Balfour
I asked a bunch of poets the above question. I’ll post their answers until I run out or get distracted. Grant Balfour says: I write poems because it reminds me of writing songs and I write songs because I got…
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Posted in my talented friends, poetry, why do you write poetry?
Posted in my talented friends, poetry, why do you write poetry?
Why do you write poetry? – Koraly Dimitriadis
I asked a bunch of poets the above question. I’ll publish their answers ’til I run out or something else happens to stop me. Koraly Dimitriadis says: “I write poetry because it explodes out of me, and life doesn’t function…
Why do you write poetry? – Libby Hart
I asked a bunch of poets the above question in order to revive an old regular feature from this blog. I’ll post their answers until I run out or get distracted… Libby Hart says: “I often say that I didn’t…
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