One Night Stanzas

I’ve waded through the web and found some cool stuff for you to peruse, as usual…

A lot of people are talking about Andrew Motion’s whinging… which has split the poetry community, and led to the suggestion that the post just be abolished in the UK. It’s a slightly different story in the US, as former laureate Charles Simic explains.

Check out the 30 Things To Do Before The End of the Year… and the 103 Things Not To Do Before You Die!

Here’s some proof that young writers can be really successful!

The Positivity Blog gives you 5 Good Reasons To Write Poetry, and Lifehack tells you why you should write something every single day.

Sex and the City fans will be pleased to hear that there will soon be yet more Carrie Bradshaw books out there…

This is a great article on one of my favourite artists, Maurice Sendak.

Michael Rosen performs a brilliant new poem, and you can hear more poetry, 100% live, from DublinPoetry.

The Needled Blog has a fascinating piece on selling tattooed skin…

…and some of our favourite celebrities have been awarded a rather strange honour!

Let me know what you’ve been loving on the web this week!

(Photo by Domello.)

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