Elsewhere… May 18, 2012
"We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget,’ Didion writes. ‘We forget the…" “We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget,’ Didion writes. ‘We forget the loves and the betrayals alike, forget what we whispered and what we screamed, forget who we were.’ She ignores...
Elsewhere… May 11, 2012
"2. Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or…" “2. Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not...
Elsewhere… May 4, 2012
Sid Miller, On Morning (Taken with instagram) Sid Miller, On Morning (Taken with instagram)
Elsewhere… April 27, 2012
How to Build an Owl by Kathleen Lynch Decide you must. Develop deep respectfor feather, bone, claw. Place your trembling thumbwhere the heart will be:for one hundred hours watchso you will knowwhere to put the first feather. Stay awake forever.When the bird takes shapegently pry open its beakand whisper into it: mouse. Let it go. Aperture...
Elsewhere… April 20, 2012
venturepoetry: Shortlist Readings: Venture Awards 2012 (by… venturepoetry: Shortlist Readings: Venture Awards 2012 (by ventureaward) I recently had the joy of judging the inaugural Venture Award— celebrating new voices in poetry through a pamphlet competition… "A writer must reflect and interpret his society, his world; he must also provide inspiration and…" “A writer must reflect...
Elsewhere… April 13, 2012
"The world is a complex place. The only way to deal with it is is to simply – to create abstractions,…" “The world is a complex place. The only way to deal with it is is to simply – to create abstractions, or as I would say, to identify and recognize patterns in the phenomena....
Elsewhere… April 6, 2012
"Pay more attention. More than that. More. More more more more more. Read things that you don’t think…" “Pay more attention. More than that. More. More more more more more. Read things that you don’t think are poetry. Listen to your gut. Don’t listen to your gut. Get a broken heart, really bad. Memorise poems...
Elsewhere… March 30, 2012
"My poetry speaks to spiritual yearnings and seems to question religious yearnings. In writing poems,…" “My poetry speaks to spiritual yearnings and seems to question religious yearnings. In writing poems, I find myself searching for new discoveries about the human condition and spirit. There seems to be something far greater than myself guiding my desire...
Elsewhere… March 23, 2012
"If you do something and you think, “That really seems like me and I don’t think anyone…" “If you do something and you think, “That really seems like me and I don’t think anyone else does that,” then you’ve got to jump on that with both feet and do it over and over again until...
Elsewhere… March 16, 2012
"Sometimes I feel I get a lot done waiting for something else, with my shoes and coat on, with the…" “Sometimes I feel I get a lot done waiting for something else, with my shoes and coat on, with the car running. I don’t have a set routine. I can work for hours at a...
Elsewhere… March 9, 2012
"As poetry teacher or mentor, I’m curious about the value of these roles. Is it merely a…" “As poetry teacher or mentor, I’m curious about the value of these roles. Is it merely a money-spinning exercise? Will I help my students become better poets? Will all this teaching benefit my own writing? These questions feel...
Elsewhere… March 2, 2012
"In Turing’s 1950 paper, “Computing Machinery and Intelligence,” he argued that when we build…" “In Turing’s 1950 paper, “Computing Machinery and Intelligence,” he argued that when we build intelligent machines, we will not be creating souls but building the mansions for the souls that God creates. When I first visited Google, right about the time...