‘What is animal about love?’ – An Animal Exegesis of Song of Songs
His banner over me is love. – Song of Songs For the final post of my digital residency, I wish ...
TPB Blog
The Staff Room is the Poetry Business’ shared staff blog, where members of the team will write about new projects, publications, events, workshops, our competitions and our favourite new poetry books and magazines. The blog will also feature guest posts from our authors and members of The Poetry Business Writing School.
Poites-Historikos: C.P. Cavafy inspired writing prompts
Constantine P. Cavafy (1863-1933), a Greek poet living in Alexandria, described himself as a ‘poietes historikos’, a poet-historian. When remarking ...
‘Not the Same River’: Imagining the Poets of Ancient Ephesus
“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same ...
“Trees that look like they grant wishes”: Poetry using your contributions
In my first post for this residency, I talked about the power of poetry to draw attention to the significance ...
Angel Pee, Toad Shields, and Dead Cats: the Poetry of Dutch Words & Idioms
If poetry is made stronger by imagery that forces us to see the world differently, offering unfamiliar angles and distinctive ...
July Digital Poet-in-Residence: Luke Worthy
As a continuation of our ‘Apart Together’ digital project, The Poetry Business has partnered up with Hive South Yorkshire to ...
In Praise of the Bullet Point
In my posts so far for this residency, I’ve been thinking about using poetry to celebrate small things, firstly in ...
“A Colour I Can’t Think of The Name For”: A Diary of Skies
In my last post, I reflected on the power of poetry to draw attention to the significance of things that ...
“Look at this. It matters. It is worth praising.”: The display case of a poem
In the first post of my residency, I consider the potential of poetry to highlight the significance of what might ...
June Digital Poet-in-Residence: Beth Davies
As a continuation of our ‘Apart Together’ digital project, The Poetry Business has partnered up with Hive South Yorkshire to ...
Artificial Intelligence and Poetry
Of course, if we’re going to make computers as much like us as possible, it’s inevitable we’re going to explore ...
What is the Point of Poetry?
When I accepted this residency, I initially had no idea what I wanted to do. Narrowing down the possibilities for ...