Poem ideas

20:85 They’ve drawn on the walls, Don’t worry about it. They’ve scratched the car, Don’t worry about it. They were in the garden, Don’t worry about it. They dinted the garage, Don’t worry about it. They cracked the gate, Don’t worry about it. They smashed the window, Don’t worry about it. We’re trapped inside, Don’tContinue reading “Poem ideas”

Thoughts on Nikita Gill’s work based on fairy tales

Gill explores many themes and issues with fairy tales within her collection Fierce Fairy Tales & Other Stories to Stir Your Soul. Many of these have given me better insight for my own planned work. Her themes fell into two categories for me: ones I was looking for and expecting, and ones I hadn’t reallyContinue reading “Thoughts on Nikita Gill’s work based on fairy tales”

Old fairy tale poem found

I just discovered an old poem I wrote years ago, looking at the step-mother in Snow White. I really like parts of it, while others are very awkward and clunky. I’m posting it here so I don’t lose it again, because I want to re-work it at some point. Ripped up clothes, whipping lies, allContinue reading “Old fairy tale poem found”

Poem ideas

20:81 Favours lined with conditions, generosity veiled with threats. Endless circle of abuse and love, spinning round and round like a hamster’s wheel, now so fast its body is flung out. But, it is stupid, and desperate, and climbs right back in. 20:82 (a possible start for a modernised fairy tail based poem) Social media,Continue reading “Poem ideas”

Poetry Out Loud

The Poetry off the Shelf podcast did a feature on the Poetry Out Loud competitions that take place in America. High School students compete by memorising a poem and performing/reciting it in front of a large crowd. https://www.poetryoutloud.org/ This competition isn’t about writing your own poem, but the ability to memorise others and perform itContinue reading “Poetry Out Loud”

Random lines for Poems

20:74 The world is still beautiful, engaged to the unidentified love and lies. 20:75 Familiar walls imprison me, showing faces I never knew. 20:76 Flames of disease creeping up the stairs. 20:77 2D object in a 3D world. 20:78 All-consuming love smothering creativity. 20:79 A blossomed bud strikes out at its carer. 20:80 Extinction inevitable,Continue reading “Random lines for Poems”

Poetry and Fairy Tales

In preparation for my master’s course I’m researching two possible poetry collection ideas, and this one I’ve already started. While doing my BA Hons course I researched fairy tales in my spare time, and wrote a few fairy tale poems with unusual twists (these I’ve already posted on the blog). I want to continue withContinue reading “Poetry and Fairy Tales”

poem ideas

20:73 Writing used to be easier, time more eager to be found, a pen more easy to flow across paper. Restrictions of interactions, limited people to care for, a constant, lonely ache desperate to ignore, with creations of worlds and words to delve into. I found you, and finally experienced love besides family love. YouContinue reading “poem ideas”

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