Well, so much for those regular blog posts … where did my
weeks in England go? Excuses, yes, yoga three times a week, some poetry
workshops and lots of time on the forthcoming quilting exhibition. The end.
But I’m here, its hot and sunny (at last), the French
farmers have cut their wheat and the sunflowers have open, golden faces.
My breakfast this morning was melon, yogurt, and another
great piece in The Dark Horse, see http://www.thedarkhorsemagazine.com,
this time an interview with Edward Hirsch, http://www.edwardhirsch.com
by Christian McEwen, http://www.christianmcewen.com.
Do subscribe and read this magazine. It stands head and shoulders above many
others, mainly because it has reviews that have the courage to critique a poet’s
work, different ‘features’ and enough poems worth a re-read.
So now I’m off to read EH and CM in books delivered just now
to my Kindle. A bit of an experiment as to date I’ve only read fiction on this
wonderful light and sunshine friendly e-book. I used the quick purchase route
CM’s book is about slowing down. Hmm, and that needs thinking about.
Afterthought –I need to pay some attention to my blog
practice. If I can write one small stone very day, yes, I’m still writing them,
and respond every week with a poem to the wonderful Jo Bell’s prompt see http://fiftytwopoetry.wordpress.com
then surely I can write a weekly blog post!
Need to choose a day … watch this space, it may happen.
Finally and good news – I’ve recently had five poems
accepted in three rather good poetry magazines! More details when they actually
appear, some are destined for the public light of day on 2015. Its these things that make rejections so much
easier to set aside and help to motivate the sending out yet again process.
Back nest week, possibly.
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