The Everyday Craft of Verse
'Like many aspiring poets, I started out writing what I’d describe as poetic prose and recognise, in retrospect, that this choice was influenced by…
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Literary Hackers
There is an important irony here. A writer can describe black-hat techniques without becoming a black-hat literary hacker. Orwell exposes linguistic manipulation precisely so…
Writing Poems While Flying
When you’re on the move, whether it’s a bus, train, boat or plane, you can observe, listen to conversations, and find new characters! It’s…
The Booker vs. The Nobel
While the Nobel Prize in Literature is widely considered the ultimate lifetime honour in letters, the Booker Prize holds several distinct advantages that make…
Leaving the USA For Good*
Many people dream of moving abroad in search of paradise, but your story shows us what it truly takes to build a home. Welcome,…
Unclear Tomorrows
Did we learn anything? That is the only question that ultimately matters. Not whether we posted enough, not whether we shouted loudly enough, and…
Notable Quotes
About the edition This is a book for the curious, and for those who enjoy an intellectual play and a connection between history and…
Writing, Progress and Action in the Algarve
The Algarve is a wonderful mix of cultures; we are bound to pick up on extraordinary stories. I use a complete mixture of characters…
𝕷𝖔𝖚𝖊𝖘 𝕷𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖚𝖗’𝖘 𝖑𝖔𝖘𝖙.
From women’s eyes this doctrine I derive:They sparkle still the right Promethean fire;They are the books, the arts, the academes,That show, contain and nourish…
The F-Word
It just sounds ridiculous. It is a word that tries so hard to be sophisticated and fabulous, yet somehow ends up sounding completely absurd.…
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
This year’s winner will be announced by the Swedish Academy in less than two weeks from now…
The Scallop Shell and the Lapis Lazuli
In truth, there was no grand sea foam or divine zephyr carrying a goddess ashore. There was only Simonetta, his married neighbour, shivering in…
Listening to the World
'I suppose one talks to people who have a story to tell, who have an enthusiasm for life, for a cause, for a craft,…
The Oval Limerick
The courts have already stepped in, and the three media outlets illegally barred from the White House are back on the grounds. Score one…
Prelude
The poem was written on a sheet of cream lay-laid paper he had taken from his study two days ago. He had used an…
Rocket Science
What they neglected to mention was that when your plumbing breaks on Earth, you call a bloke named Max who arrives in a van…
The RWB Triad
Have you ever noticed which are the dominant colours used in the flags' creation? Looking at a grid of world flags, a vibrant sea…
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The tension is personified by Statler and Waldorf, the two elderly cynics perched permanently in the box seats. They are the ultimate…
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