Poetry Non-Stop

Will Ingrams follows up his interview on rhythm in poetry with a podcast to inspire us all to put a bit of rhythm in our poems. https://willingwordwhirl.wordpress.com www.poetrynonstop.com

Will Ingrams talks about the importance of rhythm in poetry and shares a few poems. https://willingwordwhirl.wordpress.com www.poetrynonstop.com

Write a poem inspired by a singer or artist with this prompt from Cathleen Davies on the penultimate day of NaPoWriMo. poetrynonstop.com

Harness the power of superheroes for the final day of NaPoWriMo 2024 with Patrick Widdess. poetrynonstop.com www.patrickwiddess.co.uk

Norwich poet and author John Osborne invites to explore the poetic possibilities in the aisles of our local supermarket on today's NaPoWriMo podcast. https://johnosborne.bandcamp.com/audio www.poetrynonstop.com

Write a poem about directions and the bosses and line managers who give them with Alex Blustin. poetrynonstop.com

Christina Thatcher invites you to play with fire for today's NaPoWriMo prompt. poetrynonstop.com

Take a bit of nostalgia and use it in today's poem with this prompt from Andy N. poetrynonstop.com

Write about a trait that is now less prominent in your personality for today's NaPoWriMo prompt from Terry Griffiths. poetrynonstop.com

Steve de la Salle invites us to take a closer look at an everyday object we don't usually notice. Explore it until you find a poem. poetrynonstop.com

Spring is in full swing and summer's just around the corner. Look back on memories from a previous summer and write a poem for today's NaPoWriMo prompt from Holly Marie Shakeshaft. poetrynonstop.com

Take an image from a poem and use it to create a new poem on today's NaPoWriMo podcast from Jeremy Langrish. poetrynonstop.com

Focus on your daily environment and reimagine its importance to you for today's NaPoWriMo prompt from Brent Hagen.

Will Ingrams challenges you to think of an unlikely comparison and write a poem that shows that it works - like his love and a summer's day in Shakespeare's Sonnet 18. poetrynonstop.com

Look to the future on today's NaPoWriMo podcast with Java. poetrynonstop.com

Explore the world of mythology for today's NaPoWriMo prompt with Ella Duffy.

Rychard Carrington invites you to write about an aspect of yourself. poetrynonstop.com

Alex Blustin shares a poem and prompt on clothing. poetrynonstop.com

Vietnamese poet Haley Nguyen makes a welcome return with a prompt to write about solitude. So find a quiet space on your own and wait for some inspiration. poetrynonstop.com

Cliches may be old hat but sometimes they can be pure gold. Stuart Webb challenges us to pack a poem full of these much maligned words and phrases. poetrynonstop.com

Cathleen Davies returns with a prompt to write a poem for the dead and shares a hard hitting poem about teenage murder victim Elianne Andam as inspiration. cathleendavieswrit.wixsite.com/cathleendavies-com www.poetrynonstop.com

Today, write a triolet, a simple eight-line form, with Patrick Widdess. www.patrickwiddess.co.uk poetrynonstop.com

Casey Garfield invites you to write a nature poem about something you wouldn't normally write a nature poem about. Listen for further explanation and an example poem. caseygarfield.co.uk poetrynonstop.com

Jane Rosenberg LaForge invites you to consider where your family members are living or dead, near or far for today's poem. janerosenberglaforge.com poetrynonstop.com

Poet and comedian Rob Auton challenges you to write a poem about a random object from the Argos catalogue. www.robauton.co.uk www.poetrynonstop.com

Miriam Grace makes her debut on Poetry Non-Stop with a prompt about an object that could have many meanings and contain all kinds of things. www.poetrynonstop.com

Will Ingrams looks at how to use rhyming couplets effectively for today's poem and prompt. www.poetrynonstop.com

Norwich poet Holly Marie Shakeshaft shares a poem and prompt on the theme of pain. medium.com/@HollyMarieShake www.poetrynonstop.com

Norwich poet Cathleen Davies invites us to look to the silver screen and explore memorable films for today's prompt. They share their poem inspired by Thelma and Louise. cathleendavieswrit.wixsite.com/cathleendavies-com www.poetrynonstop.com

Poetry Non-Stop host Patrick Widdess kicks off NaPoWriMo 2024 with a prompt to write about some good news. www.patrickwiddess.co.uk www.poetrynonstop.com

Alex Blustin offers a familiar topic for today's prompt - a bit too familiar you might say. Alex offers ways to take an original approach to this most well-worn topic www.poetrynonstop.com

Terry Griffiths breaks down the villanelle and explains how you can start to experiment with this complex form for today's NaPoWriMo prompt www.poetrynonstop.com

Andy N shares some poems and talks about his prolific career as well as offering a few ideas for budding poets. http://onewriterandhispc.blogspot.com www.poetrynonstop.com

Jenny Pagdin makes a welcome return to read some poems from her debut collection, The Snow Globe. http://jennypagdin.co.uk/ www.poetrynonstop.com

Norfolk poets Andy Bennett and Russell J Turner (pictured) read sonnets from this year's edition of 28 Sonnets Later in which four poets take it in turns to write a sonnet every day in February. You can read all the sonnets from this month and previous years at 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com. www.poetrynonstop.com

Former guest Linda Collins takes over to interview upcoming poet Olivia Tuck. They discuss Olivia's work and how autism has shaped her poetry. Olivia also reads a couple of poems from her yet to be published manuscript Mistress of Arts. www.poetrynonstop.com

We welcome back one of Norwich's most celebrated poets Martin Figura, who reads a couple of poems from his new collection - The Remaining Men. www.martinfigura.co.uk www.poetrynonstop.com

Tony Amis shares a couple of poems on the Norfolk Poets series.

Jenny Knight shares some poems on the Norfolk Poets podcast. She says: "I am a concentrate of transexual ambition, Prosecco and middle-class privilege that may contain traces of passion fruit." www.poetrynonstop.com

Norwich poet and musician Kevan Taplin shares a humorous poem in the Norfolk Poets series. www.poetrynonstop.com

Terry Griffiths shares a couple of poems on the Norfolk Poets series. www.poetrynonstop.com

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Stuart Webb from Cromer published his debut chapbook, Notes from Hysteria Island, in 2023. He shares a selection of poems on the Norfolk Poets series.

Norwich poet Iona May reads a selection of poems from her debut collection Breaking Down Loudly, published by Verve Poetry Press. poetrynonstop.com

Grime poet the Anti Social Worker reads some poems and talks about his life as a poet, journalist, DJ and freedom fighter plus his return to the studio to record his latest album Militant Business and Grime Poetry. http://m1music.com/antisocialworker.html www.poetrynonstop.com

Jenny Danes reads three poems in the Norfolk Poets series. Jenny Danes is a poet, writer and workshop facilitator from Essex. She studied at Newcastle University and now lives in Norwich. Her work has been published widely in journals such as Poetry Wales, The Rialto, Magma, Under the Radar, Butcher's Dog and bath magg. In 2016 she won the Poetry Business New Poets Prize, and her debut pamphlet ‘Gaps' was published by smith|doorstop in 2017. She runs poetry workshops both on Zoom and in person, and she recently completed a Creative Writing MA at UEA. Though she's most often thinking about poetry, Jenny is also into cooking, running, life drawing, and trying to keep her houseplants alive. www.jennydanes.co.uk www.poetrynonstop.com

The Anti Social Worker AKA Paul Wellings shares a poem ahead of an upcoming interview in which he talks about his extraordinary life and career as a poet, journalist, musician, DJ, freedom fighter and more. Having started out in London's East End he now lives on the Norfolk coast, where he's making a name for himself on the local spoken word scene and further afield with his latest album 'Militant Business and Grime Poetry' which has been played on Radio1, OneXtra and 6Music. https://m1music.com/antisocialworker.html www.poetrynonstop.com

Cathleen Davies shares three poems in the Norfolk poets series covering topics including the pandemic, the Mars Rover, David Bowie and love. Find out more at: https://linktr.ee/cathleendavieswriter?fbclid=IwAR2ueBy55UdE_K5VQrfFOAR8xA_Nk0WimZR4pRCDzjJrBiSfj79H7_Ewn7s

Brandon Webb shares his surreal poetry and comedy on the second in the Norfolk poets series. poetrynonstop.com

In a new series of podcasts showcasing the best of the Norfolk poetry scene Norwich poet Rhian Brooke shares a couple of poems. https://linktr.ee/rhianbrookepoetry www.poetrynonstop.com

Peter Wallis reads poems from his forthcoming collection Half Other, about his twin brother and how he was inspired by Matthew Welton to explore repetition in his poems. www.poetrynonstop.com