The leaves are turning though I hardly noticed summer turn to autumn, it felt so sudden. National Poetry Day, with the appropriate theme of environment on October 6th flew by.
In the U.K. after the phenomenal meltdown of the Liz Truss Government we now have our third Prime Minister in a year with ambitious aims to have a “grown up” government. The funniest bit was when the BBC interviewer asked some Tory but how will Sunak manage to unite the party blah blah blah and the guy said, “Well he’s keeping Hunt in post and that will provide continuity and stability.” Paraphrasing. And I thought BUT HUNT HAS ONLY BEEN IN POST FOR WHAT? A WEEK?
Autumn Trails, Clapham Common, 2014. Shot with very old camera phone. Anne Enith Cooper
This month joining Cath Drakes Climate of Change Challenge. I imagine there won’t be much time for anything else and this will be brief.
OUT NOW
A new collection from one of my favourite poets, Balladz by Sharon Olds
“Sharon Olds is a long-standing influence and leader in the tradition of confessional poetry, reflecting on her own experiences with unabashed vulnerability to make larger points about gender, family, violence, and the ever-shifting world around her. In Balladz, the Pulitzer Prize winner’s 15th collection, Olds pays homage to this tradition and secures her place within it, referencing and writing in the style of Emily Dickinson as she explores the present and takes us back in time.”
More on this and other new releases here https://www.readpoetry.com/6-october-2022-poetry-releases-to-start-the-fall-season/
COMING UP
The the launch of Manorism by Yomi Sode, another beautiful soul from the wide Malika’s Kitchen alumni, published by Penguin. All the deets here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manorism-launch-party-tickets-416930960727
While in November the Poets for the Planet launch their COPlets campaign; writing and tweeting to decision makers at COP 27 rhyming couplets.
#amreading Invisible Sun by Richard Skinner and Notes from a Shipwreck by Jessica Muckagee
#amwriting poems amount the whole bunch of poems in the context of climate change there’s one about autumn colours and a paint hue called dead salmon. Yes really, an actual name.
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