Full Time Poets
Part One: Writing under Capitalism by Karishma Sangtani I began working full-time over two years ago and, perhaps naively, believed ...
The Poetry Business
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...
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....
Digital Residencies with The Writing Squad
The Poetry Business has partnered with The Writing Squad to host three joint digital residencies between February and July 2023....
The Result Is What You See Today: poems about running
This affirmative anthology shows that poetry and running have much in common, fulfilling a basic need to live freely, expressively and to feel alive. The poems gathered here reflect this freedom in all its...