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ELSEWHERE

It’s the month of new publications!

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C J (Jonty) Driver Hamish Whyte Gerry Cambridge Tom Duddy Scottish Poetry Library
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Guest — James
I'll miss the launch by one day - too bad!
Sunday, 24 November 2013 12:51
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THE POETRY OF ISB NUMBERS

The International Serial Book Number was invented in 1965.

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Guest — Jax
The 9# and 10# isbns work on an modular mathematical system - where each number multiplied by its relative position and all those ... Read More
Saturday, 16 November 2013 22:25
Guest — Nell
Very interesting. I can see why I couldn't do the same though: I have no maths brain that would compute it. But I don't think th... Read More
Saturday, 16 November 2013 22:34
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WHAT MAKES POEMS CLICK

If you read a lot of poems, most of them don’t.

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Guest — jim brown
Hi Nell, Hope all is well. Just looked up The cassia tree, more popularly known as the golden shower tree, is native to tropical A... Read More
Monday, 28 October 2013 14:31
Guest — Nell Nelson
Thanks Jim - yes I also looked it up.. It isn't clear, it seems, which tree the ancient poet would have been referring to because ... Read More
Monday, 28 October 2013 15:27
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THE BEST WORDS IN THE BEST ORDER

The order makes a big difference.

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Guest — Mary Wight
Really looking forward to when you feel this book is ready to....... well, launch. I feel he is, was, one of those few people who ... Read More
Tuesday, 29 October 2013 19:40
Guest — Nell Nelson
Yes, I think he was, as they say, something else. I've been so profoundly moved by working on these poems that it's almost impossi... Read More
Tuesday, 29 October 2013 20:55
Guest — Brad Morley
Did you really mean to write, "Male poets are especially good at coming up with definitions of poetry"? In this day and age? I sus... Read More
Monday, 26 October 2020 00:41
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THE TWO JIMS, AND HAVING A SAY

There is Jim C, and then there is Jim . . . C.

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DEATHS AND ENTRANCES

The entrance first, and it is feathered.

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Guest — Deborah Alma
Very moving to read that Helena. I do hope he told the woman....
Sunday, 17 June 2012 14:43
Guest — Josephine Corcoran
I am very sorry to hear about the death of Tom Duddy. Michael Laskey read 'The Touch' at a workshop at Bridport in 2010 and it ha... Read More
Sunday, 17 June 2012 17:26
Guest — James W Wood
I am shocked that his death should come so soon -- having lost my father to the same disease - and will miss him terribly. He was ... Read More
Sunday, 17 June 2012 19:18
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