At poetry readings, I often enjoy hearing about the background to a particular poem. ‘Wednesday Reflections/Sometimes I smile’ is my attempt to do this in writing, sharing the inspiration, frustrations, pain, philosophies and thoughts that lie behind my poetry collection plenty-fish.
Each Wednesday, I will be blogging one of these ‘poem biographies’, as well as points for potential reader discussion and also writers’ prompts. As I blog, a live link to each post will also be added here.
My collection plenty-fish may be bought from Nine Arches Press, here, or my website, here.
Happy reading, discussing, writing!
P.S. Following the fabulous reaction to the early blogposts in this series, I’ve now put them together into a book form – for those who’d prefer them in printed form, all in one block and/or don’t want to wait for their posting week by week. This is available from amazon.co.uk here or amazon.com.
Wednesday Reflections/ Sometimes I smile/From Anguish to Art – a short background
Let’s Remember
Cutting to the Bone
The je ne sais quoi of it
I bite down on the memory
Elliptic
Walking under Water
Cactus Ballgown
throughrose-tintedglasses/plentymore/Drowningone’sclichés
On the Brink of Adultery
Small Deceptions
This Holy Shrine
Wanting
Nomadic
All the Flowers
Wired Flesh
Evolved
Imprints
Coffee Break
Bagging Up
Against the Vacuum
And When
Home
Losing Faith
Past Sacrificial
Transplanted
Some Prayer
Meditation on/with/for a Buzz
White
Re. Composition
In the Ointment
His Wife
Shells
Van Gogh’s Other Mistress
Pied
through glass
Museum Offering
The Hummingbird Case
Bewitching
Looking Back In Fragments
not(e) a poetics of glass/water
The Philosopher’s Magnum Opus
Raindrop on a Red Leaf
Too Modest
From Grasmere
Against Candlelight
Snatches of the Rivers and Moor
Endurance
Oil and Water
Smile
‘Sometimes I smile’ – the 124-page pdf of all these Wednesday Reflections, plus some extra writing exercises.
