National Poetry Day UK 2018 (by sarah)
Today is National Poetry Day - so I shall be spending the day on various social media sites and blogs sharing all the stuff from the archives - namely the writing exercises and write ups on interesting writers. Where you can find me: [Saffy](https://twitter.com/Saffy)[TheMonsterBlogs](https://twitter.com/TheMonsterBlogs)
[Sarah Snell-Pym Writer and Artist](https://www.facebook.com/SarahSnellPymWriterAndArtist/)
[Pinterest Wopo Inspired](https://www.pinterest.co.uk/5affy/wopo-inspired/)
[Google+](https://plus.google.com/u/0/+SarahSnellPym) Where you can read my poetry: [Turquoise Monster](http://turquoise.monsters.wigglypets.co.uk)
[Snell-Pym Poetry](http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/categories/work/writing/poems/)
[Orange Monster](http://orange.monsters.wigglypets.co.uk)
[Magenta Monster](http://magenta.monsters.wigglypets.co.uk) Where you can find writing exercises: [World Poetry Writing Month](http://wopowrimo.wigglypets.co.uk/?cat=4)
[Magenta Monster](http://magenta.monsters.wigglypets.co.uk/?cat=20) Poetry is a pretty big thing for me - I never thought it was going to be, I kind of thought the whole thing wasn't for me. I like what I like and that has little to do with the academic studies of the poetic form. I like poems in different styles from different times and cultures and so on. I find people being elitist and pretentious about it all... annoying and ignorant. That is one of the reasons that I have backed the local poetry festivals the way I have - they offered spaces for voices that were rarely heard and the internet also helped. This month I am lucky in that I am hosting events at the Gloucester Poetry Society and I am taking part in a Slam over in Cheltenham (still not sure about the competition part of the slam culture but I like the events over all and the people I see there - they are fun and diverse). I've been going through my poetry and trying to decide how best to move forward with it all - I have singularly failed to actually submit work once again but thanks to people chasing me I am in a couple of pamphlets which are to be release later this month I believe. I have several collections that were stalled with head injury and what not which I should really revisit and sort out and I have a few more zines that are pretty much ready to go! But I also want to produce more books with other people - I liked WigglyPet Press's involvement with last years poetry anthology but it has now been out for a year so I feel that it is time for me to publish something new! At the moment I am thinking of something themed around space, the cosmos, exploration and the unknown but I have not decided on the format yet!
Events and Outings, Poems | sarah | 
Thu 4th Oct 2018 9:41 am
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