Tag Archives: poetry

Arboretum

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Karie

Visual poetry: a poetry form in which the shape of the poem is as important as the words themselves. The Scottish poet and gardener Ian Hamilton Smith combined gardening, sculptures and poetry to great effect. The woods around Bennachie yield … Continue reading →

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I Saw the Best Minds of the Rebellion Eaten by Sarlacc…

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Karie

Who on earth likes both Star Wars and 20thC poetry? ME! And this is one of the funniest things I have seen on the internet this week: so much depends upon a scarred young jedi stitched with cyber netics beneath … Continue reading →

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It’s Complicated

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Karie

In August last year I began knitting Patsy (or “Lumley” as I call it) by Kim Hargreaves. It’s now April and I am still not sure what I am going to do. It’s complicated. I chose the pattern because I … Continue reading →

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Shall I Compare Thee to the Great Pele?

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Karie

After the years of Andrew Motion being poet laureate, him whining about it and his “official” poems going “Better stand back / Here’s an age attack, / But the second in line / Is dealing with it fine”, it is … Continue reading →

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Fog of a December Afternoon

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Karie

Among the smoke and fog of a December afternoon You have the scene arrange itself—as it will seem todo— With “I have saved this afternoon for you”; And four wax candles in the darkened room Four rings of light upon … Continue reading →

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A Strong Brown God (And Soup)

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Karie

I do not know much about gods; but I think that the river Is a strong brown god—sullen, untamed and intractable, Patient to some degree, at first recognised as a frontier; Useful, untrustworthy, as a conveyor of commerce; Then only … Continue reading →

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Knit A Poem

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Karie

Knitting and poetry are more similar than they might first appear, she added, with poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy partial to an occasional knit, and the Society’s president Jo Shapcott, Seamus Heaney and Emily Dickinson all authors of poems featuring … Continue reading →

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The Scandalous Adventures of Lord Byron

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Karie

Channel4 executive: “OMG, OMG! BBC just had their poetry season and it was so supercool! What do we do?!” Other Channel4 executive: “Is there anyway we can make poetry really sensationalist and entertaining? I mean, I am not not opposed … Continue reading →

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“Are You Sure It Isn’t Just Some Fanboy Thing..?”

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Karie

I saw this* and then I started missing academia once more and also really, really wanted to move to London. But, you know, life isn’t so bad. Thursday I’ll be baby-sitting the Old Maiden Aunt studio as Lilith’s away, so … Continue reading →

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“Because I know I shall not know”

Posted on June 6, 2009 by Karie

I have read poetry most of my life, it seems. I was a quiet Danish teenage girl who read Lord Byron and Rupert Brooke in the school library, swooning over the bold romanticism of the poets’ words and lives. When … Continue reading →

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