Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Baghdad, 5 March 2007 (Al-Mutanabbi Street) at the Imperial War Museum North, Manchester
Exhibition continues until 31 January 2012.
Sunday, 15 May 2011
Poem of the Day on UpStart blog
My poem 'Ginsberg in Fingal' was Friday's Poem of the Day on the UpStart blog. As noted there, it's taken from my chapbook Round the Clock, and was composed out of lines from Ginsberg's poem 'America', written in January 1956.
It places the figure of Allen Ginsberg at a specific location (Fingal, a relatively wealthy county in Ireland and home of Dublin airport) and a particular time (late 2000s), and gives this figure a voice. As such it's a straightforward dramatic monologue, or 'persona poem'. But this persona's voice wasn't an invention: at the time of composition correspondences between impressions of contemporary Ireland and 1950s America seen through Ginsberg's poem were too intriguing to ignore.
It places the figure of Allen Ginsberg at a specific location (Fingal, a relatively wealthy county in Ireland and home of Dublin airport) and a particular time (late 2000s), and gives this figure a voice. As such it's a straightforward dramatic monologue, or 'persona poem'. But this persona's voice wasn't an invention: at the time of composition correspondences between impressions of contemporary Ireland and 1950s America seen through Ginsberg's poem were too intriguing to ignore.
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
nthposition May 2011
nthposition is an award-winning and widely-read online magazine of poetry and other writing, including features on people and places, opinion, fiction and reviews.
It has just published its May 2011 content, which includes my poem 'University'.
It has just published its May 2011 content, which includes my poem 'University'.
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