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Red Ink: Damien Donnelly
This a series where I interview poets about their process and writing in reference to a single poem. Today we have Damien Donnelly, who kindly invited me onto his podcast Eat the Storms in November. Listen to that here. Today we reflect on the writing process of his Pushcart nominated poem, Tattered Brown Trousers.
Winter Woods
Circulation
We are unified euphoria,
one organism joined together,
twitching, harmonising, swaying.
Red Ink: Amanda Miller
This a new series where I interview poets about their process and writing in reference to a single poem. Today we have Amanda Miller, an amazing poet who shares poems and prompts over on her Instagram Page @lemondaisypoety. One of her prompts inspired a poem that ended up in my pamphlet Refraction. Today we are discussing a brand new poem of hers.
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Red Ink: Pauline Sewards
This a new series where I interview poets about their process and writing in reference to a single poem. Today we have Pauline Sewards, a fantastic poet I met through her night Satellite of Love. *I'd urge you to buy Today we are discussing one of the poems from her debut collection. Spirograph, published by Burning Eye books.
Red Ink: Barry Hollow
This is the start of a new series where I interview poets about their process and writing in reference to a single poem. I'm delighted to start with Barry Hollow, a fantastic poet and all round great bloke who I met through Bristol Tonic.
Me Me Me
I've been lucky to get lots of stuff out in various places so this is a collection of links to my words elsewhere on the internets:
Six months from now
this winter will be a distant memory but the cold
will have set into our bones, the marrow deep in our
femurs will have wires of frost running through it.