More Than Human: A Poem and Interview from Cheryl Moskowitz

This week we meet Cheryl Moskowitz, a poet, novelist and creative translator trained in psychodynamic counselling and dramatherapy. She writes for children and adults. She has authored two poetry collections, one novel and two poetry books for children. Formerly an actor and playwright, she facilitates creative projects in a wide variety of health and community settings including schools, prisons, refugee centres, and with the homeless. She was a co-founder of Lapidus, the national organisation for writing for wellbeing and taught on the ground-breaking Creative Writing & Personal Development MA from 1996–2010 at Sussex University. She is an editor at Magma and together with Alastair Gavin forms the poetry and electronic series, All Saints Sessions.

More Than Human: A Poem and Interview from Jane Lovell

This week, we meet Jane Lovell lives in North Devon on the edge of the Valley of Rocks. Her work focuses on our relationship with the planet and its wildlife. She has recently won the Ginkgo and Rialto Nature & Place Poetry Prizes. Her new collection, On Earth, as it is, is published by Hazel Press.

More Than Human: A Poem and Interview with Sean Swallow

Interview by Glyn F. Edwards Sean Swallow's Author Photo Welcome back to our series on writing the #MoreThanHuman. We offer a set of interviews with poets and writers on how they approach writing about the environment. The more-than-human is a phrase that seeks to side-step traditional nature-culture dualisms and draw attention to the unity of … Continue reading More Than Human: A Poem and Interview with Sean Swallow

More-Than-Human: A Poem and Interview From Lydia Harris

Interview by Glyn F. Edwards Lydia Harris's author photo. Welcome back to 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 seeks to side-step traditional nature-culture dualisms, and draw attention to the unity of all life … Continue reading More-Than-Human: A Poem and Interview From Lydia Harris

A Community Article by Rae Howells: Can Art Save the Planet?

This week's guest post from Rae Howells talks about the project "Art for the Common" organised to save part of Clyne Common from development. Her love for Clyne Common also inspired her new poetry collection This Common Uncommon. Also, in a note from the editors, please don't forget that Monday 9th September will see poetry … Continue reading A Community Article by Rae Howells: Can Art Save the Planet?

MODRON ISSUE 5 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – RHIFYN 5 MODRON GALW AM GYFLWYNIADAU

The submissions window for issue 5 of MODRON will be open from Tuesday 6th August to Monday September 9th. As ever, we welcome all poems that explore in any way our relationship with the natural world in this time of ecological crisis. MODRON is open to writers from all backgrounds. We do encourage submissions from … Continue reading MODRON ISSUE 5 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – RHIFYN 5 MODRON GALW AM GYFLWYNIADAU

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

MODRON Issue 4: Editorial

Issue 4 So the Conservatives are gone, and their legacy is the wreckage of fourteen years of austerity: broken public services, food banks, anxiety, anger, rivers and seas full of sewage, shorter life expectancy. A triumphant Labour now form the government and must make dramatic changes to rebuild. But will they? Can they? The initial … Continue reading MODRON Issue 4: Editorial

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

MODRON NEWSLETTER MAY 2024: POETRY SUBS CLOSING, ECO-OPERA, AND A GIFT FROM THE POETRY SCHOOL

Sending a warm hello to all our MODRON readers. We have a few news items to flag up. First MODRON's call for poetry submissions will be closing on Wednesday 8th May. You may also want to see this post asking, is there a difference between an ecopoem and a nature poem ? We have a … Continue reading MODRON NEWSLETTER MAY 2024: POETRY SUBS CLOSING, ECO-OPERA, AND A GIFT FROM THE POETRY SCHOOL