Procrastination Station #39
Linklist!
I really don’t want to give too much attention to this issue or this woman at all — but I do agree that, regardless of other factors, Mr Walcott’s poetry is truly incredible, and we all need to remember that // in other news: Benjamin Zephaniah!
Ten Questions for Poetry Editors
Jim gave me a heads-up to the Top 100 Poetry Blogs, and particularly How A Poem Happens. Thanks Jim!
How to deal with distractions.
A great list poem from the Writer’s Almanac.
Found online this week: A great series of choruses from Eric Hamilton’s latest poetry project // Former Featured Poet McGuire on Summer Apples // Input/Output from ONS regular Col // New work from former FPs Ryan Lamon, Morganne Couch and Chris Lindores // Blood Pudding Press, being nice about ONS. Buy some of their stuff!
Tattoo stuff!: I am always wary of this particular tattoo, but I think this example is lovely // a tattoo for maths geeks! // a gorgeous gallery of tattoo photos // a gorgeous gallery of tattoo paintings
Weird conditions of the human mind…
I just discovered a load of cool new photo blogs: Happiest People Ever // Awkward Family Photos // Junk Shop Photos (some via)
I also love Maybe You Shouldn’t Buy That… new writing pen, anyone?!
And finally… love this!
Have a great weekend! x
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Tags: advice for young writers, procrastination station, publishing, resources for young writers, young poets
May 29th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Hello. I love that Sheena Pugh (great poet, saw her reading a few weeks ago) pointed out, quite rightly, that scandal doesn’t stop anybody reading or writing great poetry; a lot of the Guardian columnists often come out with the weirdest and laziest of remarks. “Real poets are rare” — what’s a “real” poet - someone who wears a tudor smock and rhymes well?
Matt.
May 30th, 2009 at 2:55 am
Oh, Claire- you’ve outdone yourself today… what a great post!
I esp. liked the Benjamin Zephaniah interview, the Summer Apples poem , the tattoo- that is a good one!- and the photo blogs- hilarious!
Well done!
Oh, and that whole business of the scandal- I find it very sad.
May 30th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Cheers for the link, Claire. I just scrolled down and realised that I haven’t posted any comments here in a while. Sorry about that. Love getting these link lists, it saves so much time not having to trawl the net for interesting poetry!
May 31st, 2009 at 9:10 am
Walcott is amazing! But what does everyone have against him? What happened exactly?
June 7th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
All those beautiful tattoo photos make me want to go get more…now!! Alas, such things cost $$$. Thank you for the link inspiration.