Writing on Nature & the Ecological Crisis
Interview by Glyn F. Edwards Stuart wears a zip up sweater standing against a background of greenery and a blue sky. Welcome to a new interview in our series on writing the #MoreThanHuman, a set of interviews with poets and writers on how they approach writing about the environment. The more-than-human is a phrase that … Continue reading More-than-human: A poem and Interview from Stuart Barnes
In Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden, Camille Dungy talks about developing particular and intimate relationships with place, adding “everyone with a vested interest in the direction the people on this planet take in relationship to others … should … take some time to plant life in the soil. Even when such planting isn’t … Continue reading Plots & Plants: The River Aln By George Colkitto
Sending a warm hello to all our readers. We are just writing with our recent news, and, most importantly, Sunday Dec/10/2023 sees the release of issue 3 of MODRON with some great work included. check out the contents of issue 3 From 12 noon (GMT), you'll be able to see all the new work coming … Continue reading MODRON Issue 3 GOES LIVE on sunday dec/10 & OTHER NEWS
Just a quick news flash. MODRON issue 3 is coming on Sunday 10th December! We will have poems on the theme of refuge and more. We can't wait to share it with you. In the meantime, we just want to share that the poets nominated this year for the Pushcart Prize are: Abeer Ameer, ‘The … Continue reading MODRON ISSUE 3 coming soon & 2023 Pushcart Prize Nominations
DAY 33: RHYS OWAIN WILLIAMS Making Use of the Useless A Note From the Author: I wrote the prompt below before we were shown via Israel’s regular shutting down of communication in Gaza (in October and November 2023) how the deprivation of access to the Internet can be a powerful tool of war. Rather than … Continue reading DAY 33: A PROMPT BY RHYS OWAIN WILLIAMS
WRITING PROMPTS TO BENEFIT CHILDREN IN GAZA
We are almost finished with decisions on submissions – answers to subs imminent, but in the meantime, we wanted to remind you of a campaign here at MODRON to support medical aid for children in Gaza. For the duration of NaNoWriMo, we will be posting a writing prompt every day and in doing so, we … Continue reading Update: Our third week of prompts for children in Gaza
WRITING PROMPTS TO BENEFIT CHILDREN IN GAZA UNICEF reports that in Gaza, “hundreds of thousands of children and families are caught in a catastrophic situation” and that, as of November 14th 2023, over 4200 children have been killed and more than 7000 have been injured “due to unrelenting attacks”, while over 1300 others are missing. According to the World … Continue reading DAY 14: PROMPT BY MARI ELLIS DUNNING
For the duration of NaNoWriMo, we will be posting a writing prompt every day and in doing so, we are hoping to encourage our community to donate to charities providing medical aid to children in desperate need in this unprecedented crisis.
For the duration of NaNoWriMo, we will be posting a writing prompt every day and in doing so, we are hoping to encourage our community to donate to charities providing medical aid to children in desperate need in this unprecedented crisis. Today's is by the poet, Jane Burn.
