For many, 2020 has been a strange Ramadan, and this weekend will mark an unusual Eid. We asked YPNer Fathima Zahra to recommend books by Muslim poets for these strange times. ‘I fast during Ramadan and by its midpoint I feel charged, sharper. I feel witchy (is this blasphemous?) and clear. I don’t know that […]
In our fourth and final Foyle Young Poets recommend feature, Cia Mangat and Annie Davison share what they’re reading and how they are coping. Why not take up Cia’s challenge to start your own book club and carry on the conversation? Catch up with yesterday’s feature here. Cia Mangat: Space Struck Wolves “This week I […]
What to do in self-isolation? Read! We’re asking Foyle Young Poets to offer poetry recommendations for these strange times. Today, Lydia Wei and Em Power suggest some poems to read and some ways of coping with the changing circumstances. Check back later this week as we share more reading tips from Foyle Young Poets, and […]
Today, Foyle Young Poets Talulah Quinto and Trinity Robinson offer their top poetry recommendations for right now, and share how they’ve been coping with the change of pace. Check back later this week as we share more reading tips from Foyle Young Poets, and find yesterday’s feature here! Talulah Quinto: Disappearing Into Another World ‘Ode […]
Do you wish you were reading more poetry but don’t know where to start? We’ve asked last year’s top 15 Foyle Young Poets to recommend poems for these strange times. Hear from these award-winning poets about what they’ve been reading and how they’re coping with the lockdown. Check back later this week as we share […]
These are going to be some strange holidays: many of you will still be at home, and if you were planning to prepare yourself for exams later in the summer – well, they’ve mostly disappeared too. Here are a few light touch ideas and challenges to keep you inspired, distracted and occupied instead. Let us […]
Happy April! You might not know that April is National Poetry Writing Month – the global poetry generating project that’s been running since 2003. NaPoWriMo invites you to write a poem a day throughout April in common with poets all over the world. Now more than ever do we feel the need to be involved […]
Are you stuck at home? Maybe even self-isolating? Fancy flexing your creative muscles? We’ve put together a bundle of great writing prompts from across Young Poets Network’s nine-year history. Originally, these challenges were set up as writing competitions. They’re not competitions any more, but they’ll still do a good fun job of getting you writing. […]
What’s the key to a perfect performance? How do you prepare to go on stage? The Poetry Society’s own Julia Bird shares her secrets… The Poetry Society’s Learning & Participation Manager Julia Bird has produced many touring poetry shows over the last decade, and has a sure-fire pre-show routine to get poets ready for their […]
This winter, we’re challenging you to write poems inspired by the digital Bloodaxe Archive (find out more about this here). We asked two young poets to rummage through the exciting poetry boxes in the physical archive and here’s what Foyle Young Poet Caitlin Catheld Pyper discovered… When I think of an archive, which admittedly I […]