Poetry and War NB*From time to time guest bloggers will blog on this site. The views expressed by them are not South Bank Poetry’s. “The general understanding is that war poetry is written by active combatants” When I was first asked to write this blog, I decided to look up the definition of ‘War Poetry’. […]
Friday 31st March 7:00pm for 7:30pm start The Launch of Issue 26 of SBP Magazine Hosted by Katherine Lockton Room 106, City Lit, 1-10 Keeley St, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA. (5min away from Holborn and Covent Garden tube £5 entry fee includes a FREE copy of Issue 26 Readers from issue 26 include: *Benedict Newbery […]
Tea with Clare Pollard I have had the pleasure of knowing Clare Pollard for several years now. I met Clare when she was still teaching at City Lit. She was my first ever poetry tutor and the first poet I met in the flesh. Before I met her I thought I knew what poets were […]
Writing a poem isn’t a matter of simply following a succession of steps or a manual; it’s not cooking. I mean of course, that you don’t begin by chopping off the adjectives then add a verb or two for flavour and turn a noun around so it doesn’t burn. There are no set rules that […]
Join us on 18 January, 7pm for 7 30pm Start Join us as we launch our London Poems Anthology in The Gipsy Hill Tavern (2 mins from Gipsy Hill Station and close to Crystal Palace Station) Readings from invited guests plus limited open mic spaces available £5 on the door Entrance fee includes a FREE […]
To say that there is a fine line between poetry and visual art would be an understatement. Poetry and art have a long tradition of being mutual lovers; destined by the stars to keep meeting. From Homer and Keat’s writings inspired by visual art to David Hockney’s paintings based on poems, the relationship between poetry […]
Judge’s Report I was delighted to be asked by Katherine and Peter, the editors of South Bank Poetry, to judge their poetry competition this year. After a slow start, it built up to an impressive 750 + entries on the theme of London. Reading them all and travelling around their fictional collective city was indeed […]
With readings by special guest, actress Annette Badland Saturday 3rd December 2016 19:00 – 21:30 City Lit College, Covent Garden, 1-10 Keeley St, London, WC2B 4BA Join SBP founder Peter Ebsworth and publisher Katherine Lockton for an evening of poetry. A chance to celebrate 8 years of South Bank Poetry Magazine, and launch the […]
1 ST PLACE ‘Lost in Locks’ by Virginia Astley 2 ND PLACE ‘The Faber Book of Sewage’ by David Swann 3 RD PLACE ‘Deptford and the Tsar’ by Joan Byrne 4 TH PLACE ‘Ghostlike’ by Andrew Geary 5 TH PLACE ‘Mistress Finch’s Tale, 1681’ by Brian Docherty COMMENDED POEMS ‘Desire Path’ by Jude Rosen ‘The […]
To Write With a Regular Routine or To Not Write With a Regular Routine? That is the Question! I recently conducted a survey on social media on writing routines; asking the question: do you have a regular writing routine on both Twitter and Facebook. The result? Only a tiny fraction of those who answered ticked […]