Some recent posts from my Substack site: "Writing until the light goes out" "Writing until the light goes out"
Category: Poetry
New books out this week!
And if you go to the website you'll even find a post about kissing.... "Writing until the light goes out" "Writing until the light goes out"
Words of wisdom? You decide…
Some recent posts from my Substack site: "Writing until the light goes out" "Writing until the light goes out"
Booking for Market Rasen ‘WordFest’ performances now open!
Booking is now open for events at the Market Rasen 'WordFest' literary day on Saturday 6th July. I have two limited-seating slots: a second performance of Crash, and a more casual 'pop-up' hour of readings and conversation. BOOK HERE. From the reviews of the 2023 Ripon Theatre Festival Performance: A very moving piece of performance … Continue reading Booking for Market Rasen ‘WordFest’ performances now open!
The performance is now official!
From the reviews of the 2023 Ripon Theatre Festival Performance: A very moving piece of performance poetry that captivated the audience. Beautifully executed with fabulous imagery. Thought-provoking, soul-baring, and delivered with such poignancy and realism that it left a lasting impression. Crash is impressive solo story-telling, a dramatic homage to T.S. Eliot that counts down the last minutes … Continue reading The performance is now official!
Writing – and a kind of ‘Hollywood insight’…
Links to recent posts on my Substack site. Please come and join me there! Sometimes you find things that surprise you... When your other half knows better than you... Come out, come out, wherever you are! I coulda been a contender! Writing until the light goes out
Recent posts on “Writing until the light goes out”
Links to recent posts on my Substack site: Why writing is like peanut butter "Vinno" The lure of the blank page Is this what guilt feels like? "Anne" Let's talk about typos... Writing until the light goes out
“Eleanor Among the Saints”
This will be short. Apologies, but I found Rachel Mann's collection Eleanor Among the Saints obtuse and impenetrable. Untouched, unmoved, disinterested, I gave up about 40% of the way through. Reading list
“The Silence”
There is nothing intrinsically wrong with Gillian Clarke's collection "The Silence". All the poems are entirely competent, 'poetic'. Yet for me they lack any kind of universality, something to which I can relate in such as way as to be moved or inspired or feel the work relevant. Reading them feels a little like skimming … Continue reading “The Silence”
You’ve written a poem? So What! – and other recent posts
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Ian Gouge - Writer 