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Going Out With A Bang: My Top 10 Final Lines in Poetry
Originally posted on Natalie ann holborow:
We talk a lot about our favourite opening lines in literature, but for me there’s something quite laudable about the delivery of a killer final line when it comes to poetry. As poets, we must seek to ensure that every word is necessary. Every word and punctuation mark must…
At the City’s Edge: the Wetlands of Wales – episode 2
At the City’s Edge: The Wetlands of Wales is a podcast of poems, stories, discovery, discussion, music and sound art exploring the importance of the Welsh wetlands, which are now under threat. With special guests for this episode: Dr Kate North and Benjamin Marriott. This episode is in honour of all the animals we have … Continue reading At the City’s Edge: the Wetlands of Wales – episode 2
Poetry in the Arcades
You may, recently, have seen me asking certain questions on social media: questions about ‘poets of Cardiff’ – what this phrase means to people, and which writers people think of when we use this phrase. That’s because I was asked, a short while ago, to curate poets and commission poems from them for a new … Continue reading Poetry in the Arcades
At the City’s Edge: the Wetlands of Wales – episode 1
At the City’s Edge: The Wetlands of Wales is a podcast of poems, stories, discovery, discussion, music and sound art exploring the importance of the Welsh wetlands, which are now under threat. With special guests for this episode: Steve Andrews, and Wynn Griffith. Created and hosted by Mab Jones, with support from the Royal Society … Continue reading At the City’s Edge: the Wetlands of Wales – episode 1