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John Greening – Writer’s Block

Perhaps your subject went away; the war ended; you moved from your special place; the poet of youth grew old.…
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John Greening – The Perfect Place To Write

Cambridgeshire, or what I still think of as ‘Huntingdonshire’, has become the perfect place for me to write in. We…
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John Greening – In My Bottom Drawer

Poets are said to do their best work in their early years. Young poets aren’t always the best judge of…
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John Greening – The Writer And Nature

Good nature poetry is about looking, but it’s also about having the right vocabulary, which most of us townies are…
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John Greening – How I Write

The blank page can be unnerving to a novelist preparing for the day’s long trek, but it’s a wasteland that…
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John Greening – My Most Treasured Moments As A Writer

Rarely, a poem will appear as if from nowhere. I first remember it happening in a Devon orchard, staring at…
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John Greening – Letter To My Younger Self

True, your diaries tend to trail off around March after your birthday presents, but what about those days you sat…
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What Is Your Poetry About?

A question most poets get asked Should poetry be about something — other than itself? asks John Greening, considering some…
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Iceboxes, Rollerballs and Tweets

John Greening explores unusual poetic materials. From William Carlos Williams’ prescription pads to George Szirtes’ Twitter-length stanzas, the medium has…
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Tuned In, Torn Apart, Tub-thumped, Healed

Poetry not only changes the reader — it works on the writer too. John Greening asks how. Poets have always…
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Writers In Lockdown, part 3

Valerie Gillies, Helen Grant, Tracey Herd and Sheena Wilkinson on life in lockdown. Valerie Gillies describes a changed world; Helen…
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‘Only Connect’

John Greening reflects on poetic coincidence. Can coincidence, that seemingly magical conjunction of events, play a part in poetry? John…
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