Tag Archives: Poetry
Poetry Corner | Poem #2: The Buzz
Just a quick one this week, a 1am iPhone note poem about that annoying thing you have to live with: your mind. Sending festive greetings and good tidings for this time of year, and all the best as we welcome in 2015.
Introducing: Poetry Corner, and Poem #1: Versioning
I’ve been writing poetry for as long as I can remember. I was that nerdy girl in school, the one you all hated, who, when the teacher set the homework of writing a poem in the voice of Macbeth’s Banquo, ignored the groans of all her classmates and happily ran home to write a long epic narrative in iambic pentameter. […]
Poem of the Week: First Love by John Clare
John Clare is one of those infamous poets that everyone seems to love and I’m no exception. I pretty much love everything I’ve read of his, but instead of the usual ‘I Am’, I thought I’d go for a different Clare poem to share this week. The rhythm and rhyme scheme of this poem is […]
Poem of the Week: Jacklight by Louise Erdrich
I absolutely love poetry but I definitely don’t read enough so I thought it’d be a nice idea to share once a week a poem that I’d read outside of my studies. Hopefully this will motivate me to read some more! First up is a bit of a cheat because I just read it as […]
Bethany Wren 