Why I Write PoetryWhat motivates poets in the 21st century? How do they find their voice? What themes and subject matters inspire them? How do they cope with set backs and deal with success? What keeps them writing? Why I Write Poetry is a dazzling display of honesty, intelligence and wit from twenty four contemporary poets, and includes practical writing exercises and prompts alongside in depth thematic explorations and approaches to the art of poetry. Each essay

She was the co-founder of the Dominica Labour Party and served as a minister in the short-lived West Indies Federation (1958-62)

But only a daughter can shave off her parents’ hair and bury it along with her mother’s womb

But who are these ghosts

Referred to as

Poetry Ireland Review is a highly-regarded journal of poetry

It is a book full of flames and scars

Suitable for readers aged 8+

was published in the UK by Mare's Nest as Between Sound and Silence

Here is a poet widely travelled

but did he commit this particular crime

a looking to the future for what is yet to unfold

unbeknown to all except a few close friends