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Voices in the City – a free day of poetry at Bath Central Library

Posted: Thursday, 28 February 2013

Voices in the City – a free day of poetry at Bath Central Library with 28 poets from Bath, Bristol and surrounding areas.

‘Surreal, serious and seriously funny’ : Poetry Space launches Once Bitten in Covent Garden

Posted: Thursday, 6 December 2012

Hearfelt poetry at the Poetry Cafe

‘Surreal, serious and seriously funny’ Poetry Space launches Once Bitten at The Poetry Cafe, Covent Garden, London

Read a poem, write a poem by Moira Andrew

Posted: Monday, 3 December 2012

Well, it’s not as easy as all that – there’s a lot more to writing a poem, as I know to my cost.  The poet Wes Magee has said, Poetry is two four-letter words – HARD WORK!  But one thing is sure, the more a poet reads, the more successful the subsequent writing becomes.  It’s true that • Read more…

STEPPING INTO POETRY – A PERSONAL JOURNEY by Geraldine Green

Posted: Monday, 19 November 2012

From now until the deadline of June 30th 2013 I shall be inviting guest poets to write short articles for Poetry Space on a variety of poetry related subjects. Read the first here from poet Geraldine Green.

Poet Dave Wood helps to save an ancient forest…

Posted: Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Dave Wood, a regular Poetry Space contributor is helping to save an ancient forest.

Moira Andrew – highly commended in Geoff Stevens Memorial Prize

Posted: Wednesday, 17 October 2012

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Moira Andrew has been highly commended for her mini collection of poems: Man on the Moon in the inaugural Geoff Stevens Memorial Prize organised by Indigo Dreams Publishing. Congratulations Moira.

Inspired by Falmouth – finding a love of writing in retirement

Posted: Monday, 27 August 2012

June Moore. Inspired by Falmouth: Reflections. Palores Publications.

Review: Beneath the Dreaming Tree – David R Morgan

Posted: Tuesday, 28 February 2012

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Poems by David R Morgan We are conceived, we are born, we live, we sleep, we dream, we die! This is the journey we take with David through an intensity of personal emotion and experience reaching deep into the subconscious, into history, into space and grace. We share the surreal Ghosts Dancing in the Moonlight • Read more…

Review: Like it is – Philip Lyons

Posted: Monday, 20 February 2012

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In an age when poets are commenting on and discussing the voices of new and older contemporary poets here is a refreshing and accomplished voice not afraid to speak out about domestic situations and also to use rhyme shamelessly in all of his poems. Lyons speaks with a simplicity that combines the earthy detail with • Read more…

Featured Poet: Moira Andrew

Posted: Monday, 20 February 2012

Moira was born and educated in Scotland. She was a teacher, primary Head Teacher, College and University lecturer. She has two grown-up daughters, three stepsons, a step-daughter and a Brown Burmese cat. When Allen, her lovely husband, died in 2003, she moved from Cardiff to Cornwall. Moira is a children’s poet and author of a • Read more…

Exploring the Personal Within the Political in the Poetry Of Deborah Harvey

Posted: Monday, 6 February 2012

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Review of Communion by Deborah Harvey

November Featured Poet: Jovica Tasevski – Eternijan

Posted: Wednesday, 16 November 2011

Jovica Tasevski – Eternijan (born 25th July 1976, Skopje) is a renowned Macedonian poet, essayist and literary critic. He graduated from the Comparative Literature Department, Faculty of Philology “Blaže Koneski” in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Works in National and University Library “St. Clement of Ohrid” – Skopje. He is a member of the Editorial Board • Read more…

October Featured Poet: Perugu Ramakrishna

Posted: Thursday, 20 October 2011

Perugu Ramakrishna was born in Nellore and has number Haikus published in Leading Telugu journals and translated to English and has been published in about twenty web journals and sites. Amongst his many achievements, Perugu is a recipient of the Ranjani-Kundurthi National Poetry Award (2003), received a SPSR Nellore Dist Best Literate Commendation from Dist • Read more…