Clay sculpture in response to Jane Routh’s ‘Wind and woods’
Watch Karishma Sangtani's response to Jane Routh's poem 'Wind and woods', from Listening to the Night...
Residencies
Amanda Dalton’s ‘Notes on Water’: Poetic Review and Response
As I was putting the references for this review/essay/response together, I noticed a common theme in each of the poems I’d picked. Death, renewal, heritage. Lots of these poems encompass much more than just...
Full Time Poets
Part One: Writing under Capitalism by Karishma Sangtani I began working full-time over two years ago and, perhaps naively, believed ...
Karishma Sangtani in conversation with Kayleigh Jayshree
Kayleigh: Do you incorporate any influences from your hometown into your practice? Karishma: I guess this question begs another, more ...
Introducing our Poets-in-Residence for June and July 2023
As a continuation of our ‘Apart Together’ digital project, The Poetry Business has partnered with The Writing Squad to host ...
Em told me about the podcast, The Worst Idea of All Time.
Em and I wanted to choose something without really choosing. Someone once said to me, you don’t choose experiences, they choose you. They put a real emphasis on the you and it made me...
Review – Dynamo by Luke Samuel Yates
During this residency I’ve been thinking about re-reading There’s some guilt attached to it, at least in my experience: a voice that asks, why waste time reading something you’ve read before, when you could...
Lift Poem: On Re-reading and Meaning
There is a laminated poem inside the staff lift, held up haphazardly by ancient blu-tack. I’m not sure where it came from, but it’s been here long enough that my colleagues and I fondly...
Introducing our Poets-in-Residence for April and May 2023
As a continuation of our ‘Apart Together’ digital project, The Poetry Business has partnered with The Writing Squad to host ...
Passing the essence of our knowledge on; where does poetry begin and end?
‘Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen’ Leonardo ...
How writing from folklore could help save our land
‘Tales such as these flutter round Devon as plentifully as bats flit across the chimneys of an ancient manor house’ ...
Introducing our Poets-in-Residence for February & March 2023
As a continuation of our ‘Apart Together’ digital project, The Poetry Business has partnered with The Writing Squad to host three joint digital residencies between February and July 2023....