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An opportunity for Members to hold forth,
and while we may not all agree with each other,
at City of Poets we do agree that sharing passions and opinions
generates creative thought, which is of universal value.
Genesis of a Poet
My parents were rooted in Glasgow: Dad in Polmadie, south of the Clyde, and Mum in the northside Gallowgate. Dad working in the...
Jun 73 min read
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
I sat down to watch the recently released biopic of Bob Dylan this week; ‘A Complete Unknown’. I am just too young to remember prime...
May 72 min read
The power of poetry for me
I have found that poetry brings me into “presence”. It seems to me that poetry transcends space and time and, as such, is timeless. For...
Nov 14, 20242 min read
Remember Kathleen Raine...
...writes Kirsten MacQuarrie. As the author of eleven full poetry collections and four volumes of autobiography, (in addition to two...
Sep 30, 20242 min read
There is a power...
...writes Joe Logue. There is a power in me that awakens when I hold a pen, and that power might very well be the only reason I’m still...
Sep 1, 20242 min read
Birthdays!
Age does not define us. This is true, and like most simple truths lies like a smiling trapdoor over something a lot more complicated....
Jul 30, 20242 min read
Essa Flett shares Jesus at the Gay Bar:
Queerness, Pride Flags & Growing Up In the Church... It’s Pride month. My mother texts me a photo of the rainbow flags she’s just...
Jun 29, 20242 min read
Poetry and mental health
May is Mental Health Month, which has prompted me to reflect on the connection between poetry and mental health, both personally and...
May 27, 20242 min read
Poets ALL
This week we began a second cycle of Seminal Sessions through Gilded Lily CIC in Govan... creating poetry with girls under 18 who might...
Jun 30, 20231 min read
T-shirts, pads, and reports
We've been busy preparing for our first anniversary... acquiring T-shirts, notepads, posters, and finalising our annual report. When you...
May 24, 20231 min read
We haven't been sleeping...
All through January, February, March, and now April, we have not been sleeping. Rather we have been • launching the TINY PRIZE, which has...
Apr 26, 20231 min read
It's a whole new year...
2023 begins now... Okay, it's just a social construct ( ha ha ha), but it's a useful marker and a potential herald for new things. Here...
Dec 29, 20221 min read
Adam Burnel on where things come from...
Looking for inspiration I went on line to explore where this word BLOG came from. Of course I discovered a load of information I had not...
Nov 2, 20222 min read
Michael Mullen, on wielding a free lance...
Free lance. The first recorded use of the word freelance (spelt as two words, free lance) is in Sir Walter Scott’s novel Ivanhoe. It’s...
Oct 13, 20222 min read
Sarah Luczaj using the I-CHING...
The I Ching, or Book of Changes, is an ancient Chinese oracle, used for divination. It's a kind of compilation/ecosystem of Taoist wisdom...
Oct 7, 20222 min read
Out of 'nowhere'...
Today we welcome Ross Wilcock to City of Poets website, the first poet to register with us from 'out of nowhere'. By that we mean Ross is...
Sep 29, 20221 min read
Nicola Kirk's backstory for her heron...
When I was working next to Glasgow Green a colleague told me they had seen a heron caught in the branches of a tree down by the river...
Sep 25, 20221 min read
Sunny Govan Radio
An interview on Simone Murray's Community Art broadcast at Sunny Govan Radio, Thursday September 8, coincided with later announcements...
Sep 16, 20221 min read
3 weeks is a long time in poetry...
It's hard to believe that City of Poets website went live less than three weeks ago, or that City of Poets only launched at the end of...
Aug 13, 20221 min read
Making Pies Workshop Progress
We're midway through the second Making Pies set of 6 free workshops that take place at The Wee Retreat each Tuesday evening. It's hard to...
Jul 24, 20221 min read
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