Join us on Sunday, November 30th, 2.30pm at Cegin Diod in Llandeilo for an afternoon of poetry featuring new Welsh writers, including Abeer Ameer and Rhiannon Fielder-Hobbs. The event promotes new voices and themes of grief and hope. Enjoy a networking session beforehand, with proceeds supporting local writers and Noisy Newt Books.
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Course: ‘Writing the Environment’ / Cwrs: Ysgrifennu’r Amgylchedd
‘Writing the Environment’ is a 6-week writing course focusing on nature and environmental writing. Participants will explore various forms, including poetry, essays, and folklore, guided by Kaja Brown. The course welcomes underrepresented communities, is beginner-friendly, and aims to inspire writing about the environment. Early bird tickets are £15.
Join Modron’s Panel on Nature and Poetry at AWWE 2025 – May 10th
Modron will present a panel titled "Environmental Underscapes" on May 10 at the Association of Welsh Writing in English conference in North Wales. Featuring speakers Kristian Evans, Zoë Brigley Thompson, and Taz Rahman, the panel discusses ecological themes in poetry, examining grief, trauma, and climate change within contemporary works.
Earth Day 2025: Video, Poetry and Prose Special
This Earth Day, we have brought together films, interviews, poems, essays and, perhaps importantly, manifestos. When environmental protections are being rolled back, when the temperature is more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial era, when genocide continues without intervention, when wars rage around the globe weaponized by Western arms dealers, when people are deported to foreign prisons without trial, when those traditionally marginalized within our communities are targeted more than ever... —yes, it's time to declare our aims, motivations and intentions. It's a time for manifestos to imagine new ways of being in the world.
Llifogydd yr Archif: afonydd ardal Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Rhondda Cynon Taf 2024 gan Hywel Griffiths
Bu gormod o law eleni yng Nghymru! Yma, mae Hywel Griffiths yn trafod llifogydd, afonydd y Rhonddfa a thraddodiad o newyddiaduraeth amgylcheddol yng Nghymru. There's been too much rain in Wales! Here, in this Cymraeg/Welsh-language article, Hywel Griffiths discusses floods, the Rhondda's rivers, and a tradition of environmental reporting in Wales.
Modron Magazine Issue 4: Poems, Reviews, and Articles
Issue Four: Contents Editorial A Sequence of Poems and Images by John Kinsella: Out of the Forest Killzone and into the Corn Crop Ambush Two Poems about Foxes: Corinna Board, ‘My uncle brings back a fox tail from the fields’ & Amanda Rackstraw, ‘Vixen’ Two Poems for Gaza: Abeer Ameer, ‘At Least’ & Naomi Foyle, … Continue reading Modron Magazine Issue 4: Poems, Reviews, and Articles
BLOG GWADD Gan Iestyn Tyne
Dyma lansiad cyffrous o fideo gan Iestyn Tyne. https://youtu.be/R_K7Nx3YsHQ Iestyn Tyne: Am Y Darn Dyma ddarn gyfansoddwyd mewn byr amser (drafft ydi o'n dal i fod, a dweud y gwir!) ar ein preswyliad yn Kovalam ar arfordir Kerala, lle cawson ni dreulio rhywfaint o amser yng nghwmni pysgotwyr lleol. Roeddem wedi gobeithio clywed ganddyn nhw … Continue reading BLOG GWADD Gan Iestyn Tyne
NATURE POEM AND ECO-POEM: A BLOG POST BY KRISTIAN EVANS
Photo by Kristian Evans Is there a difference? According to the mechanical oracle at ChatGPT, there is. A nature poem, comes the reply, is concerned with celebrating the beauty and harmony of nature, is lyrical and contemplative, and seeks to evoke emotion in the reader. An ecopoem on the other hand, is concerned to draw … Continue reading NATURE POEM AND ECO-POEM: A BLOG POST BY KRISTIAN EVANS
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