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Pretenders was published by @bloodaxebooks a whole year ago today! It's in some ways the most experimental of all my books, and by far the least reviewed... but also the one I've had the most heartfelt, positive responses to from individual readers.
Every month, seventeen of us work with the same poetic sparks - prompts that ask us to go deeper into our craft. This April, the brilliant @kayochingonyi will be guiding our exploration. At Poetical Workshop, we're opening up a few spaces for poe
This month in Poetical Workshop we've been exploring 'The Poem as Puzzle' through form (duplex, cento, golden shovel, hidden repetitions) and withheld information (riddles and more), and doing some careful thinking about form and function. Next up
In February, inspired by Poetical Workshop's Poetry and Ritual prompts and sessions, poet Mandy Willis wrote about rituals in health care - in particular, her experiences of working on the frontline in the covid-19 pandemic. I'll be posting more ex

Author photos by Verity Rivers photography