This week I was absolutely thrilled to hear that I’ve been long listed for the Ivan Juritz prize. If you haven’t heard about this amazing opportunity it celebrates the modernist ethos of making new in three categories – text, visual arts and sound recordings. Pushing boundaries and taking poetry in new directions has been the […]
The Great Picture Book of Everything
Now there’s a boast! I had a fantastic day out at the British Museum Hokusai exhibition. I wasn’t expecting to be so bowled over… or to have such a boost to my poetic output. Covid and all that dire stuff notwithstanding if you get a chance to visit I can highly recommend it.
Contemplating Ink, Sweat and Tears!
Today I am about to start contacting potential supervisors for my dream PhD project and I’m celebrating in a corny way… by posting about a poem being published by Ink, Sweat and Tears (@IS&T). The poem is one from my MA manuscript that features poetry about being Anglo-Romany, being in state run children’s homes and […]
For a Friend
I haven’t been posting for a while – I blame the rigours of an MA at the totally awesome Corsham Court campus of Bath Spa University. However, I wanted to post this poem, written some months ago and published at: https://the-otolith.blogspot.com/2019/09/karen-downs-barton.html The Otolith. It was written for a friend, Reuben Woolly, who sadly died last week […]
Ends and Beginnings of Eras!
I have been absent from the wonders of a posting for a while as I had a thesis to create/submit, a masters place to apply for, taken on babysitting duties for one pretty active two year old and am nursing an abandoned cat back to happiness. However, I have now completed my BA (Hons) […]
a write old song and dance 