experimental poetry
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The first thing to say about Stephen Nelson’s new chapbook from the little red leaves textile series is simply how gorgeous an object it is. In this era of the mass produced, something so beautifully handmade — using old bedsheets and remnant fabric to construct the cover — is a rare joy indeed. This pamphlet
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I’ve been trying for ages to write something that uses various Scots words and phrases for, or connected with, rain. It only occurred to me recently that vispo/concrete poetry might be a productive approach for this project, which I’m calling “In Wir Element”. This is the first of what I hope will be several pieces
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Note: this piece plays with the Scots word for/spelling of “roof”.
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I’ve been thinking about the idea of home over the past several days, in preparation for my workshop and reading at Greenbelt at the end of August. So far, the only creative response it’s produced — well, the only one I think worth sharing, anyway — is a handful of Scots pwoemrds or vispo pieces,
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It has been a deeply unproductive day, so I thought I’d catch up with a little blogging and, simultaneously, remind myself of some recent productivity. The current exhibition at the good ole SPL features a selection of work created as part of Poetry Beyond Text, an extensive, exciting interdisciplinary research programme run jointly by the
Amy Jo Philip 