Returning to Bernadette Mayer’s experiments, in today’s experiment, I retell a myth. Mayer suggests: ‘read or write a story or myth, write it five or ten times at intervals from memory. Make a poem from this’. Read here about another strange “quarandream” and the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.

For the final poem in the COLOUR series, WHITE. Though white is not necessarily one of the colours, it is their reflection, and I think it deserves a spot to conclude the COLOUR series. I hope this brings you light and peace today.

Today, for the penultimate poem of the COLOUR series, fall into the lavish, indulgent, and rich world of PURPLE (my personal favourite!)

Today, fall into the world of BLUE. You can now listen to or listen and WATCH the accompanying video I made as you listen to the cooling sounds of the ocean, the refreshing sounds of the forest, and the soothing sounds of evening.

Today, fall into the lush, verdant, and refreshing world of GREEN as I read the fourth of the COLOUR POEMS written for @becky’s graphic design dissertation - creating a colour book for the blind.

Listen to the third of my colour poems written for @becky’s graphic design dissertation on creating a colour book for the blind. Today, close your eyes and listen to YELLOW - a succulent world of lemon zest, meringue, linden trees, and honey.

Can you hear a colour? Sure you can! Listen to the second of my colour poems written for @becky’s graphic design dissertation on creating a colour book for the blind. Today, close your eyes and listen to ORANGE.

Can you hear a colour? Sure you can! Listen to the first of my colour poems written for @becky’s graphic design dissertation on creating a colour book for the blind. Today, close your eyes and listen to RED

Poetry experiment 6 from quarantine: write about one day in minute detail.

You can listen and read “Spot the Difference” here!

It was my dad’s birthday a couple of days ago. We bought him this beautiful painting by Nikola Pijamanov. I wrote a poem that Pijamanov inscribed one the back of it. You can read the poem here, written while pondering this stunning piece of artwork, reading “Paradise Lost”, and reflecting on hope.

In today’s experiment, we have a spine poem inspired by the book covers on my bookshelf!

I passed one of my poems through ten languages in Google Translate and now have some truly strange phrases to work with…

Today, I decided to put my edition of Exploding Kittens to use. What resulted was perhaps the most unpoetic collection of words I have ever been faced with…(read more)

In today’s poetry experiment, I will be ripping up a page from an Economics textbook, and attempting to write a poem about childhood from the fragments.

Day 1 in quarantine; we’re playing around with Bernadette Mayer’s “Failures in Infinitives” and writing a mirror poem.