A writer charges to their teens with a pen in hand, trying to score something permanent about the implausible self on the impossible earth. In diaries, journals, blogs, sketchbooks, this writer excavates channels of self-discovery me my I me my I. Gradually, painfully, they become so fluent in digging that they seek instead to […]
Not conscious that you have been seeking suddenly you come upon it RS Thomas’ ultimate place poem, Arrival, could be equally describing the discovery of any ideal: a lover, a view, a gift. It is also a fine analogy for the seeking and finding of a poem. As Guest-Poetry Editor of Issue 11, I am […]
Remember the snows before Easter? The storms personified with cousins’ names? In a spring that seems an age ago now, I accepted a series of invitations to read at literary festivals. They seemed so far into the future, that despite advising everyone on Twitter and Facebook to ‘tattoo the dates’ on their forearms, I didn’t […]
RS Thomas & ME Eldridge Poetry & Art Festival RS Thomas & ME Eldridge Gwyl Celf a Barddoniaeth 8pm – 9pm “Ah Iago, my friend” Glyn Edwards, North Wales, gives voices to muted members of literature In his forthcoming collection of poetry, Glyn Edwards has given voices to muted members of literature. He will share […]
Four outstanding magazines, six poems. ‘Three Poems’ The Lonely Crowd ‘Tombolo’ Strix ‘Little Gods’ The Cardiff Review ‘Antipodes’ EyeFlash
Poetry Day Ireland is March 21st 2018 and the micro-literature project Label-Lit has offered fifty poets around the globe the chance to share twenty verses. Together with poets across Ireland, there will be contributors spreading from England and Scotland all the way to South Africa and Australia. There will one thousand pieces of poetry stimulated […]
Two Valentine’s Day poems of mine were hosted by the Wales Arts Review in February, together with a wonderfully framed poem in the DNA magazine. Please follow the links to read all three poems, and find a wealth of other wonderful literature on the websites. http://www.walesartsreview.org/a-frontal-lobe-love-poem-by-glyn-edwards/ http://www.dnamag.co.uk/issues/locations/