Georgia's Poetry Workshop

I discuss how we can use nonsense poetry to write for fun and gravitas. References: 'Antigonish (I met a man who wasn't there)' by Hughes Mearns / 'Jabberwocky' by Lewis Carroll / 'On the Ning Nang Nong' by Spike Milligan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I discuss how the way we move impacts the way we write. References: 'Augmentation' from The Illustrated Woman by Helen Mort / 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge / 'Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour. July 13, 1798' by William Wordsworth and 'A Summer Evening'...

A short and sweet one today. I talk about how we might approach writing difficult emotions. References: 'My Dead Father’s General Store in the Middle of a Desert' by Lee Stockdale (National Poetry Competition Winner. Poetry Society Website.) / 'I Have Only My Pen, My Voice and My Heart: On Writing To Bear Witness' by Hafsah Aneela Bashir from Why I Write Poetry (ed. by Ian Humphreys) / 'The Night...

A chilled workshop with lots of poems about the moon, a poem of my own, and a nocturnal prompt. References: The Ink Dark Moon by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu (translated by Jane Hirshfield) / 'The Moon' from The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson / 'The Moon and The Yew Tree' from Sylvia Plath Poems / 'I'm Over the Moon' from Liquid Flesh by Brenda Shaughnessy / 'Moon Quilt Essay' from Material...

I discuss spring, trees, and Japanese culture and poetry, and set you a blossomy writing prompt. References: 'Simon Armitage savours spring ‘ecstasy and melancholy’ on World Poetry Day' - article by Tobi Thomas / 'Spring Night...' by Matsuo Bashō / 'Wakened by the scent...' by Izumi Shikibu in The Ink Dark Moon (translated by Jane Hirshfield). Music by Portamento (his new track 'Real Love' is out...

I discuss the Gurlesque and poems about the body. Plus embarrassing times I have hurt my back. References: "Tiger D" by Chelsea Minnis and "2 Sections from "Imitating"" by Catherine Wagner - from Gurlesque ed. by Lara Glenum and Arielle Greenberg / "a test - things our bodies have been" - from bones by yrsa daley-ward / "Hunger Strikes of Angela of Foligno (1248-1309)" - from Eat or We Both Starve...

I discuss the importance of the list when it comes to writing poetry. References: 'Eat Me' - Patience Agbabi, Bloodshot Monochrome / 'On Lists' - Simon Armitage, A Vertical Art / W.N. Herbert, Writing Poetry / 'A Few Deceits' - Elaine Beckett, Sea Creature Regrows Entire Body / 'Props' - Emily Berry, Dear Boy / 'A Few Lies About My Birth' Jhilmil Breckenridge, Reclamation Song / 'Mama Cockroach, I...

On this first ever episode, I talk through how to develop your writing habits and offer a technique to alleviate writing fear. References: David Graeber - Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology / Christina Rossetti - Goblin Market Music by Portamento Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.