International Women’s Day

IWD – Happy International Women’s Day. This post comes from the generosity of women. Find yourself a new poet, a new read, a bit of wisdom – lots to celebrate!

Poet Laureate

To celebrate International Women’s Day I asked you for your thoughts and inspirations. ENJOY! 

POETS/POEMS – Recommended Reads

Rachel Curzon – Scan poem – highly recommended (Faber and Faber) – Michelle Diaz

Julia Copus any of her spectacular poems, just so very cleverly constructed but the form is always appropriate to the meaning. – Nikki Fine

Colette Bryce who I was lucky enough to do a workshop with last year as part of a local literary festival. – Penny Blackburn

Gillian Allnutt – Ode. I read poetry on my Sociology/Social Policy under graduate course. – Rachel Burns

Mary Oliver I’m reading more of her work and folding over the corners of so many favourite poems in each book…when I run out of post-it notes! I grew up in inner city Birmingham & moved to London at 18, and it’s only in my 40’s that I discovered nature and now understand what all…

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Celebrating IWD with Worcestershire Poet Laureates

Happy International Women’s Day! Come and see, read, hear four Worcestershire Poet Laureates.

Poet Laureate

To Celebrate IWD I asked you to send your poetry recommendations, inspirations and influences to us. You can read that post here.

Whilst I was compiling your insights a sudden thought struck me and I contacted Maggie Doyle – WPL 2013/14 & Poet Laureate Emeritus, Heather Wastie – WPL 2015/16 and Suz Winspear WPL 2016/17 to ask for an exclusive contribution for IWD. 

I am the 7th WPL and the 4th woman to take on the role. I was delighted that the former WPLs wanted to be involved and so here, I present: 

Maggie Doyle 

Gifts us some of her influential women and a poem.

Influential women who got you into writing or supported this path for you.

I didn’t enjoy poetry at school and for most of my adult life it was something I never thought about.  However, I have always loved language and the magic words provide. Their…

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