Poetry Non-Stop

On the second day of NaPoWriMo Poetry Non-Stop host Patrick Widdess invites you to write a How to... poem.

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Nora Murray-Cavanagh kicks off NaPoWriMo 2022 on Poetry Non-Stop with a prompt to write about mountains.

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Miguel Cullen reads from his latest book Hologram and discusses how to use personae in poetry

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John Hegley talks about his recent collection A Scarcity of Biscuit – Pieces drawn largely from the letters, life and laughter of John Keats. He also invites you to write fish acrostics on paper fish and sing along with a song about Walthamstow.

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Pete Goodrum, poet and lifelong resident of Norwich, reads poems inspired by his city and invites listeners to write about places in their neighbourhood or hometown.
He also talks about his long and varied writing career and what he has learnt along the way.

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Beth Hartley reads from her collection What If Stars and invites us to look more closely at our surroundings and find the poetry within.

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Norwich poet discusses how rules and restrictions can help unlock your creativity when writing poetry. He shares a poem written in the abracadabra form and challenges you to write one – with a few more rules if you can take it!
He also talks about his life as a poet including how performing as a teenager on the Liverpool poetry scene helped him overcome a stammer and go on to become an actor.

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Poet John Osborne talks about his latest collection, A Supermarket Love Story, and how you can find poetic inspiration in the aisles and products of your local store.

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Windy Hind discusses her project Tiny Poetry – narrative medicine for the soul. She talks about how she began writing poetry after her son was born with critical health issues and how the power of poetry is being increasingly recognised in the medical world. She also invites you to explore your experiences of illness to write short, strong poems.

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LA-based poet Michelle Marie Jacquot reads from her new pamphlet DETERIORATE, which criticizes and questions the digital age and the effects our modern world has had on humanity.
She also invites listeners to explore the quirks and failures of predictive text as a source for new poems.

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