Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
Just before lockdown I shared a quiet couple of beers with Harry Owen and we talked about trying something new for the Virtual National Arts Festival. Seeing as we had lots of poetry and imagery between us why not collaborate? Here's a taste of what we have been working on. Aorta - Harry's unpublished poem... Continue Reading →
One of the most memorable and heart felt poems in Harry Owen's anthology For Rhino in a Shrinking World was written by 10 year old Hannah Armour. So it was an easy choice to be one of our In Tandem series of video clips for this year's Virtual National Arts Festival. It's read here by... Continue Reading →
I've been working on some cover concepts for Harry Owen's upcoming collection 'The Cull: new and resurrected poems'. It's taken a while to get to the finished product but now both Harry and Amitabh Mitra, who's publishing it through the Poets Printery, are very enthusiastic about this one. The basis for the cover is a picture... Continue Reading →
Spending the weekend with Harry at Cintsa was a little tricky .. after all were we at Cintsa, Chintsa or Chinsta (see first three pictures below)? And was it going to be a bachelor weekend for the two of us or were we going to be two Grumpy Old Men ... I leave you to... Continue Reading →
My contribution at last month's Reddits Poetry evening was Waka Waka Bang Splat! I was inspired to seek out another 'internet' poem following Harry Owen's hilarious reading of John Lindley's 'the F word' the month previously . Waka Waka claims to be the World's First (1990) Internet Special Characters Poem. It was published by Fred... Continue Reading →
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