Sunday 25 March 2018

Keep It Real, Keep It Poetic

I’ve received a lot of mail regarding the previous posting about form divergence and form in general and have tried to respond to everyone but for now I’d like to add three more mentions I have been delighted to have acceptances by Tropica Laced (you can see a taster of one of the poems and images accepted for the June issue) and Rigglewelter Press similarly for the forthcoming issue and yes, they both accept form divergence. The latter has accepted a poem that takes a deal of formating as have Scintilla / The Vaughan Association press, so hats off to them! So, if you’re a form divergent poet these might be a good fit for you. If you find any places that I’ve missed over the course of the two postings please message me and I’ll add details.
I’d also like to give a mention that although I don’t have as much time to write – my uni’ course this year is HEAVY – I’m still sofa-surfin’ round the UK and further afield getting totally absorbed in the art I’m studying. So the proforma for my end of year paper has been submitted and I’m awaiting my tutors feedback but my chosen subject loosely concerns the display of colonial / post-colonial / South East Asian visual idioms – I can’t tell you the title/subject matter in more than general terms until I’ve submitted the paper itself.  However, I’d like to extend a huge ‘thank you’ to Jennifer Chowdhry Biswas
(Research Scholar at The Alkazi Foundation for the Arts) Shashti Lowton (Assistant Curator – Illuminating India: Photography 1857 – 2017) and Giles Tillotson (Curator at Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Museum Trust, City Palace, Jaipur) for their time and guidance. I’m off to Liverpool next week to see yet more fab stuff and with any luck I’ll be able to write a bit too…. yes, apart from the aforementioned paper I’ve been inspired to write poetry about all the wonderous exhibits I’ve been indulging in. 
Speaking of which, one of the things I’m most often asked about regarding poetry is ‘where do all your ideas come from?’ and to that I say… get out there, keep in touch with the real world, cos its there that the inspiration comes from most often than not. Keep it real, keep it poetry!