Discussions & Reviews of Prose, Poetry, Lyrics, and Art
—Perfect You PERFECT YOU Trace the outline of his face —The amber eyes with feathered lashesThe bold nose with itsContinue Reading
Marcel Heijnen is a Dutch photographer who has lived and worked in Asia since 1992. He now divides his timeContinue Reading
In Under Milk Wood, by Dylan Thomas, “Blind Captain Cat”, who listens to the goings-on in the little Welsh seasideContinue Reading
I am often very loathe to give negative criticism of any published book, since a book takes an awful lotContinue Reading
Here’s a long-post. Expect it to be emo. A few months ago – it feels like a lifetime though –Continue Reading
The Internet is full of blogs and Reddits and substacks and vlogs and IG feeds of people with their cats,Continue Reading
I found out long ago, that because of the way your brain processes visual information, for instance what you read,Continue Reading
Last week there was a mean little news snippet in the UK media about Sarah Ferguson – Sarah, Duchess ofContinue Reading
One tends to apply your own ideas and values – and judgment – to just about everything you hear andContinue Reading
When I wrote the lyrics for my song, “Havn”, I was getting rid of an earworm that had been hauntingContinue Reading
I’m intrigued by those things called Google Easter Eggs – which is the result you get if you type aContinue Reading
Poetry within Fiction: sometimes, for the sake of fully portraying a character, a writer may invent the poetry, stories orContinue Reading
I thunk me a thought these past few days, which was this: people were telling huge fibs about poetry, judgingContinue Reading
On the subscription film channel, MUBI, there’s a documentary about the writer Charles Bukowski (1920 – 1994), who wrote acerbic,Continue Reading
Rhyming is devilishly difficult. It’s a serious head-scratcher, as people who write poems, lyrics and rap well know. If youContinue Reading
The papers have been full with news of the death of Australia’s most world-famous poet, Les Murray. He died yesterdayContinue Reading
Comment from Brian Bilston: Brian Bilston “What a lovely review. Thank you so much. I’m delighted you enjoyed it – andContinue Reading
Compact Crits #6: 48-second review of You Took the Last Bus Home, by Brian Bilston (poetry) Here’s the full reviewContinue Reading
Brian Bilston’s first anthology of poetry contains more than 200 poems, and despite some of them being only four linesContinue Reading
Brian Bilston’s saucy, witty and insightful poems on Twitter (@brian_bilston) have made him famous. In this podcast (recorded in 2016,Continue Reading
👉Back to Getting the Hang of the Chinese Novel It has been said that the problem with poetry is thatContinue Reading
It is very hard to make two different languages rhyme. This struck me again when I was researching the phoneticContinue Reading
The fatal problem with poetry: poems Poetry is everywhere. Just when you think poetry is dead, there is rap. IContinue Reading
The best way to express my best wishes to my family, friends, followers and fellow book lovers for the newContinue Reading
Skip the poetry, go to the Full review A Review of This Fine Tale, in Blank Verse and A HeroicContinue Reading
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