Delighted to have a second poem published in The Spectator this week
Huge thanks to the excellent poetry editor Hugo Williams and the great Arts Editor Clare Asquith
spectator.com/poem/sunrise...
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LATE We are not ever lost and nothing delays us. We carry the sun on our backs and cover such ground as you would not believe. We are the colonists of dark, the cousins of radiance, who shall bloom among you. Listen, do not move in your hard beds; we enter your rooms and the candles are lit as if by themselves, stars gather, dreams pour into your pillows, memories of the moon, warm bouquets of air. . . Listen, even now the breathing begins. --MARK STRAND
Another by Mark Strand from The New Yorker, this one for the completist. An early version of "The Coming of Light" (one of his most celebrated poems), "Late" was never collected, and hence, has been relegated to the dustbin of literary history. Enjoy!
The cover for 'For, On, or After' a new poetry chapbook by Samantha Terrell.
The cover for 'Keeping Afloat' my first collaboration with Samantha Terrell.
My cover for 'On The Wing' by Samantha Terrell, a collection of poems on the theme of flight.
My cover art and design for 'Confronting the Elements' by Samantha Terrell. The cover has a watercolour painting of the Cuillins, Skye.
I like Samantha Terrell’s poetry for her strong social conscience and sharp, observant commentary on life. Collaborating with Samantha is always a pleasure. She is thoughtful and inspiring to work with. Samantha is EIC of Shine Poetry Quarterly, you can find her on Bluesky: @shinepoetry.bsky.social
It is so worrying.
What's the point of a world where AI writes poetry with no heart, that's reviewed and reposted by AI with no understanding... Social media is already awash with vacant, meaningless bots conversing with bots. It's so sad.
The price wasn't my point!
Sorry @tamaryoseloff.bsky.social, @jsaphra.bsky.social, @poetryinaldeburgh.bsky.social, but is this what you're about, really?
Sorry about the rant but I'm angry about this! They haven't released the comment publicly on facebook so I thought I'd screencap my complaint. Wow I guess you’re charging £15 just to tell people to ask ChatGPT to write a poem for them, if this sorry AI mess is indicative of how your institution values the arts! It’s so disappointing and disheartening when supposed artists advocate for the replacement of other creative fields by AI by association. If you’re willing to post such a load of warped crap to advertise your supposed creative workshop I think that tells me everything I need to know about the quality of said workshop and the value you actually place on the arts. I’d expect this kind of thing from a scam, not a university with an arts department, and I certainly would have expected better of Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Dr Hodgkinson, Jacqueline Saphra etc. I'm astonished frankly.
closeup of the headless mutated bird-like things in the background of the poster
Really disappointed in the Uni of Suffolk for promoting a supposed creative poetry workshop with this hideous #AI poster.
What are you going to get for your £15 ticket? "Type 'Hey ChatGPT, write me a poem'"?
So much for solidarity with other creative disciplines huh?
#YesImAngry
We are so excited to be on Bluesky!
This year’s festival is from the 5th-8th November. Will we see you there?
With huge thanks to Vici MacDonald and Andrew Lindesay for creating our beautiful logo 🌊 💛
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People using AI to create homilies and sermons!
What value the human spirit?
