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Tag: Poetry

Time to re-evaluate Dylan Thomas – Image

Dylan Thomas is arguably as well known for his image as for his writing, and that’s a real shame. Not least because the image is based on untruths and misconceptions, and on outright lies, although on the flipside, this public persona means that he has …

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Dylan, Dylan Thomas, PoetryMarch 31, 2024March 31, 2024 By Kit Derrick

The Poetry of Sean Bonney

Our Death: p13 – Untitled    https://preludemag.com/posts/untitled-477/ This is a very difficult blogpost to write, as the poetry I’ve selected here as an example of the body of work isn’t one of Sean’s best known, nor is it an example of his work that I love …

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Anarchist, Influences, Man in the Bath, Poetry, Sean Bonney, The Raven SoundJuly 23, 2021July 23, 2021 By Kit Derrick

Works in Progress

In the Twittyverse authors often talks about their current work in progress (WIP), but I find that a really difficult one to answer, as it really depends on the day of the week, or even hour of the day. When I came back to organise …

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Poetry, Short stories, WIP, Works in progressApril 27, 2021April 27, 2021 By Kit Derrick

Bluebird – Charles Bukowski

A bit of an unusual one here, I’m going to recomment you follow a link and listen and watch a reading of Bluebird, as this is a work best enjoyed performed I think, like much of Bukowski’s. You can get a huge amount from it …

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Bukowski, Charles Bukowski, Influences, Performance, PoetryMarch 24, 2021March 24, 2021 By Kit Derrick

It’s (A)live!

So here it is, the official launch of the website today. It’s been a long time coming I know, but I needed to line my ducks up, as the sayting goes, so everything was in the right order. As of today, for a few months, …

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Launch, live, Man in the Bath, Novel, Poetry, Selected Poems, The Raven SoundFebruary 20, 2021February 20, 2021 By Kit Derrick

Fundamentals – Ian Duhig

I first came across ‘Fundamentals‘ in the early nineties and it was a bit of a revelation to me. I was a real poetry snob at the time, and I don’t think I really knew anything post-1970, assuming it was all bollocks. But I loved …

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Fundamentals, Ian Duhig, Poetry, Poetry snob, The New PoetryFebruary 15, 2021February 15, 2021 By Kit Derrick

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