[Being an excerpt from the poetry collection Not Quite the Man for the Job, on sale at Tomely for only 99c until 23 June 2014] The cup thunks back onto the table, empty, & the bean races through your blood,…
Adam Ford: poet, novelist, zinemaker, comic artist, show-off
|—- [ HD BATTLESPACE VERSION ] —-|
Blog Archives
(untitled)
You said, “Don’t you go using this in One of your poems.” Consider this an apology. Read more poems from Not Quite the Man for the Job – buy it now on Tomely for the mere price of 99c!
Tagged with: apologies, not quite the man for the job, poetry
Posted in Not Quite the Man for the Job
Posted in Not Quite the Man for the Job
Why Do You Write Poetry? – Frank X. Walker
Another month, another answer, hey? This time we’re favoured by US poet Frank X. Walker, whose Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers I was fortunate enough to read earlier this year. Great stuff – powerful, political historical poetry…
Tagged with: affrilacian, Frank X Walker, going down swinging, poetry
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?
Chipping In Late on Plagiarism in Poetry
Speaking of coming to things late: I know it’s two-month-old news and thus completely forgotten and assumed to be done and dusted, but I wanted to chip in quickly with some random thoughts on the recent poetry plagiarism “scandal”, which…
Why Do You Write Poetry? – Robbie Coburn
(photo by Sébastien Wiertz. Used under Creative Commons.) And in The Blue Corner, weighing in at something something pounds, Robbie Coburn reflects upon the question of poetry and why one might write it. “Poetry photographs parts of life and humanity,”…
Poetry Mixtape for July 2013
Wow been a while hey? Anyway here’s a bunch of poems I’ve found on the internodes that me likey. Alex Skovron – The Rearrangement Inside each field the books will be arranged by Height, or Alphabet, or Colour – I’m…
Tagged with: Alex Skovron, bob hicok, klare lanson, mixtape, poetry, The Triffids, Tracey Ryan
Posted in i would like to recommend these people's writing, poetry mixtape
Posted in i would like to recommend these people's writing, poetry mixtape
Why Do You Write Poetry? – joanne burns
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,…
Go off-blog with Adam's ebooks!
Heroes And Civilians, featuring Stories about superheroes, octuplets, giant monsters, rabbits, robots & astronauts, is FREE TO DOWNLOAD RIGHT NOW!
Whose Doctor? Reflections on a Time Lord, featuring 9 Doctor Who essays & poems, including Adam's "Donna Noble Has Been Saved" poem, is only $5!
Man Bites Dog, Adam's novel about posties, poets, dobermans & Angela Lansbury is only $2!
Not Quite the Man for the Job, Adam's award-winning poetry collection, is also only $2!
