Poetry School | What Are You Reading? | Activity https://poetryschool.com/groups/what-are-you-reading/ Activity feed for the group, What Are You Reading?. Sun, 03 May 2026 01:12:27 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 aecbee5b8a9069a021ce87d311aea106 Fabiola posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Lorries Goldensohn: Elizabeth Bishop https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/472525/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:13:37 +0000 Lorries Goldensohn: Elizabeth Bishop

]]> 0 c94178411b0b3d9144a557f3147f964a Robert Shooter posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: David Szalay "Flesh" https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/457720/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 18:35:38 +0000 David Szalay “Flesh”

]]> 0 ef7155725f700e182817b33e93aab58f Emily Munro posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: The Inside of a Stone by Charlotte van den Broeck, trans. […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/440488/ Sun, 18 May 2025 09:40:49 +0100 The Inside of a Stone by Charlotte van den Broeck, trans. David Colmer – really impressive translation, these are poems to be read aloud

]]> 0 9bbf5d283d2815fdeb90fc4a0a67a974 Ella Walsworth-Bell posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Am reading Fleur Adcock Collected Poems - I love a massive […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/429390/ Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:59:47 +0000 Am reading Fleur Adcock Collected Poems – I love a massive collection where I can see the whole scope of a poet’s creative journey in historical context.

]]> 0 e4f8574075e65c112eaaa394e0753c33 Eley Furrell posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Les Murray - Subhuman Redneck Poems https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/421261/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:47:13 +0100 Les Murray – Subhuman Redneck Poems

]]> 0 c1bdf8c7a5225fb259d69f8f12ee2dbe Eley Furrell posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Eight Metaphysical Poets, edited by Jack Dalglish - HEB, […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/420139/ Wed, 09 Oct 2024 21:19:00 +0100 Eight Metaphysical Poets, edited by Jack Dalglish – HEB, Poetry Bookshelf publication.

]]> 0 47580986091db1ce49f38a42b2907568 Ben Holden posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: I am reading ‘Junky’ by William Burroughs; ‘Cowboy’ by Kand […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/399915/ Sun, 25 Feb 2024 01:02:06 +0000 I am reading ‘Junky’ by William Burroughs; ‘Cowboy’ by Kandace Siobhan Walker; ‘The Music of Time’ by John Butnside; ‘Nabokov’s Dozen’ by Vladimir Nabokov

]]> 0 7d4fbdb422958cb2f352d4b5f2f2015d Robert Shooter posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Self-Portrait as Othello, Jason Allen-Paisant https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/395570/ Mon, 29 Jan 2024 00:43:39 +0000 Self-Portrait as Othello, Jason Allen-Paisant

]]> 0 3ec2e53172ff19ba4441025c14e9e82d Maggie Sawkins posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: The Night Fisherman -- W S Graham Letters https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/395376/ Fri, 26 Jan 2024 17:37:38 +0000 The Night Fisherman — W S Graham Letters

]]> 0 86c3de022168127c0c03fcf7c4deeaf0 James Rowan posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath. And re-reading the collected […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/381855/ Tue, 18 Jul 2023 08:29:31 +0100 The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath.

And re-reading the collected works of R. S. Thomas (regular occurrence), ahead of somewhat of a writing pilgrimage to North Wales next week.

]]> 1 14861be6b7b29a7f94861ab34583ef8e Elaine posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: The Offing by Benjamin Myers is a wonderfully poetic book. […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/374998/ Sat, 27 May 2023 09:07:28 +0100 The Offing by Benjamin Myers is a wonderfully poetic book. Just beautiful.

]]> 0 c0a4ee745c24bc973efdb174c4fccc9e Robert Shooter posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: David Scott, "Beyond The Drift" https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/361581/ Thu, 19 Jan 2023 13:36:45 +0000 David Scott, “Beyond The Drift”

]]> 0 7e7f348809b95d9d3849f8afd3648f5b Roz Chalk posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: I am reading such an exciting book.  "The Vanishing Man" […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/360898/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 10:30:06 +0000 I am reading such an exciting book.  “The Vanishing Man” by Laura Cumming.  The story of a 19th century Reading bookseller who buys a portrait which becomes the making and breaking of him.  The portrait is one by Velasquez whose life had not been  documented during his life so the book is like a double portrait.  Also The history of how thecanvas got to the UK.

]]> 0 b004f22bc28d2d08c65ad146e261234c Lynn-Marie Harper posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: I am reading my way through William Trevor's short stories […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/359723/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 07:41:09 +0000 I am reading my way through William Trevor’s short stories which is the richest vein of inspiration I’ve come across in this genre in years. I’m sad before I start a collection knowing it will end soon as I become absorbed, order more from any library that holds them, wonder at the power of readers imagination and writers eloquent gifts, this one especially now.

]]> 1 65770a6930d93e22285f34a4e24d30b0 Robert Shooter posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: "The Good Doctor" by Damon  Galgut. I really enjoyed his […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/320089/ Mon, 17 Jan 2022 16:44:53 +0000 “The Good Doctor” by Damon  Galgut. I really enjoyed his good but disturbing “The Promise”. I am also reading the new poems in “The Rialto” and the odd old one!

]]> 0 e404d625aa5cc86066f50f66e85ae2ec James Bowden posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: I'm reading Crazy Brave  by Joy Harjo a memoir.  She b […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/197850/ Wed, 16 Oct 2019 03:18:48 +0100 I’m reading Crazy Brave  by Joy Harjo a memoir.  She blends the rational and the irrational seamlessly.  Her word choice and positioning is very poetic.  I have never seen a prose writer do that.  it is a pleasure to read.

]]> 1 021a8f02ed6b5b549529893008a621d0 hafsah aneela bashir posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: I'm reading Ilya Kaminsky's poetry collection, Deaf […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/195068/ Mon, 23 Sep 2019 20:47:27 +0100 I’m reading Ilya Kaminsky’s poetry collection, Deaf Republic. Superb read! I can’t put it down. Also Eternity by Tracy Kay Smith, Ode to Lithium by Shira Erlichman and Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith are breath taking poetry collections too!

]]> 2 c4940560646d47c74afe863f8d8042c4 Norlance Baclor posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: As now, I'm reading various poems of different known and new […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/193481/ Sun, 04 Aug 2019 06:21:56 +0100 As now, I’m reading various poems of different known and new poets of the community. One of poems I added to my favorite list is “Ladies Beware” by a shacknofsky. I love the most its last stanza,

Every woman should understand,
that most men enjoy a one night stand.
So please stay clear of that man’s bed,
just take his gifts and give nothing instead.

The words used are simple but how are they chosen, combined as a whole line made them illuminating, rhythmic effect.

]]> 0 e2c628cbab1bd3d8ba2b3e36ca95c423 Anne Maguire posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: I’m currently reading "Red", an anthology of contemporary b […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/191102/ Thu, 04 Jul 2019 21:36:32 +0100 I’m currently reading “Red”, an anthology of contemporary black British poets. I’m trying to be more diverse in my reading and this book is full of amazing poems by a brilliant group of poets. Have had to stop several times in first quarter, put the book down and just let the words percolate… beautiful work.

]]> 5 6f1e072618df70c8d5f42420ce55e55d Moira Garland posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: #poetry I'm enjoying reading through the whole of Ocean […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/189455/ Sun, 23 Jun 2019 12:44:29 +0100 #poetry
I’m enjoying reading through the whole of Ocean Vuong’s ‘Night Sky with Exit Wounds’, as it’s the book for this Tuesday’s monthly meeting of the Leeds Stanza group. This is a reading group only and I’m fairly new to it, great to have a small friendly group of people to discuss all kinds of poetry.

]]> 0 345028379474283a90c7d9bca0cbc99c Elaine posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Don't Bring Me No Rocking Chair. Ed. John Halliday. […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/183377/ Sat, 18 May 2019 10:06:25 +0100 Don’t Bring Me No Rocking Chair. Ed. John Halliday. Bloodaxe. Just bought it and it looks like a fine collection of poems on aging. #poetry

]]> 0 82ef0d6c6db303d544497785c529f34e Tim Atkins posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: I'm reading Queer Black Hoe by Britteney Black Rose […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/183269/ Fri, 17 May 2019 10:50:18 +0100 I’m reading Queer Black Hoe by Britteney Black Rose Kapri

Publisher info is here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1182-black-queer-hoe

]]> 0 5984a3b15dc944477eef24b197c741a2 Diana Brighouse posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Jane Routh listening to the night - the subject matter of […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/180057/ Thu, 25 Apr 2019 13:35:02 +0100 Jane Routh listening to the night – the subject matter of many of the poems is nature, which isn’t normally my cup of tea, but they are beautifully written, and there are a few more personal poems which I really like.

]]> 0 254b9da61fc5dd026d65f7ae074c5a67 Sue Terry posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: I've been reading Head On by Julian Cope.  Not poetry but […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/178494/ Wed, 03 Apr 2019 19:57:04 +0100 I’ve been reading Head On by Julian Cope.  Not poetry but it flows.  Mind boggling recollections.

]]> 0 1ee091b524461be3dab0f32b9665b7e2 Anne Maguire posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Just finished Shakespeare for Sociopaths by Kirsten Garth and […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/178230/ Mon, 01 Apr 2019 22:06:02 +0100 Just finished Shakespeare for Sociopaths by Kirsten Garth and started The Gaelic Garden of the Dead by MacGillivray… enjoyed/enjoying both very much

]]> 0 d4826814b8e7c15001b59acfed52bb87 Martin Koch posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: the death of bunny munro by Nick Cave (a novel, but to me it […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/176262/ Tue, 19 Mar 2019 17:55:36 +0000 the death of bunny munro by Nick Cave (a novel, but to me it has some kind of strange poetry in it)

]]> 0 aaa4bf0d2c40efcc36d7793333ab9e8b Greta Nintzel posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon          (goddess) #memoir https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/174622/ Sat, 09 Mar 2019 02:55:26 +0000 Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon          (goddess)
#memoir

]]> 0 344fd72cbc6642aa1788a5e5ff450af7 Robert Shooter posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Clive James, "The River in the Sky" https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/173901/ Mon, 04 Mar 2019 10:02:50 +0000 Clive James, “The River in the Sky”

]]> 0 b1dd6124634e2126592bf51a4d8319c1 Robert Shooter posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Rachel Joyce "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry". Long […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/171355/ Fri, 15 Feb 2019 21:55:48 +0000 Rachel Joyce “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry”. Long listed for the Man Booker

]]> 0 2783c52f41d638d4fbbc3a502ec4e237 Eliot North posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Often I Am Happy, by Jens Christian Grøndahl […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/170668/ Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:26:42 +0000 Often I Am Happy, by Jens Christian Grøndahl (novella/fiction) … Gold Boy, Emerald Girl by Yiyun Li (short stories) … The Guilty Feminist (non-fiction)… The Perseverance by Raymond Antrobus (poetry… best collection I’ve read in years, keep going back to it and was inspired to write a Pantoum after reading the last poem in the collection, Happy Birthday Moon.)

]]> 0 9af364ce96539bb9c5f77542e9be9172 Greta Nintzel posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Violet Energy Ingots by Hoa Nguyen #poetry https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/166141/ Sat, 19 Jan 2019 21:07:37 +0000 Violet Energy Ingots by Hoa Nguyen

#poetry

]]> 0 6ab5119279836c30a4914dccb3b8225c Lorin Young posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Leonard Cohen's "Parasites of Heaven." He is so moving and lyrical https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/166133/ Sat, 19 Jan 2019 19:06:19 +0000 Leonard Cohen’s “Parasites of Heaven.” He is so moving and lyrical

]]> 0 932a1f6db828f521511992c5f7848c00 Robert Shooter posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: 'Old City,  New Rumours', a Hull Poetry Anthology, https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/165757/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:08:29 +0000 ‘Old City,  New Rumours’, a Hull Poetry Anthology,

]]> 0 b97b13a830cfd0d72c2af5c428515276 Robert Shooter posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Jeanette Winterson's The Gap of Time https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/165259/ Sun, 06 Jan 2019 11:50:57 +0000 Jeanette Winterson’s The Gap of Time

]]> 0 984132e6ac791aeabd018e1c6a80f7cd Charmaine C posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart by Alice Walker - a […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/164906/ Wed, 26 Dec 2018 10:55:59 +0000 Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart by Alice Walker – a fantastic collection of poems about standing up for what you believe in whilst remembering to look after yourself too.

]]> 0 fb7df5c8d78e97bd0bd107b38a4c773e Robert Shooter posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Clive James Collected Poems https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/160129/ Sun, 11 Nov 2018 13:23:42 +0000 Clive James Collected Poems

]]> 2 a520a527d98fd9661553a4a480029e6b Nisa Saiyid posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMU4py6gVfDHGWrJkx8GbHikK […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/160100/ Sun, 11 Nov 2018 05:03:41 +0000 https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMU4py6gVfDHGWrJkx8GbHikKCLEgXC3zE-hGvomrp2Ie-cklB9f60P9gAZ7WIV5Q?key=cEhiUDVIR29MUWNlS2JHeUxIVmFQRjdTNUlVbFdn

 

]]> 0 853e12a2b145490363080ffd3c406626 Sara Levy posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Fellow poets/readers, I need help. A friend is searching for […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/157968/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:24:47 +0000 Fellow poets/readers, I need help. A friend is searching for a poem to read aloud at a forthcoming funeral. All the details I have are; the deceased was a jolly scottish lady in her 80’s who sadly lost husband, daughter and grand children before her own death.  So my friend is thinking of something positive about reuniting with loved ones , not overly long, unless there is a section of a longer piece of work that she could read out.

anyone have any suggestions?

]]> 0 d2477af2dd94e61ee9ee36abc5d843ff riz sahib posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Mary Oliver - Evidence I find her poems easy on the tongue […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/156958/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 09:36:30 +0100 Mary Oliver – Evidence

I find her poems easy on the tongue and mind and eye.

]]> 0 76c4640791a48568da36db7d383fcffb Anne Maguire posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Picked up a copy of Clive James latest - and possibly last […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/151693/ Thu, 06 Sep 2018 21:13:44 +0100 Picked up a copy of Clive James latest – and possibly last given how Ill he is, poor man – The River in the Sky. Plan to start reading at the weekend. Was tempted to get Death of the Poets as well but refrained 🙂

]]> 2 128fa0448dbf4fd5587f37ac119b29ac Robert Shooter posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Clive James "Extra Time" or something like that. So good https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/151581/ Mon, 03 Sep 2018 15:23:44 +0100 Clive James “Extra Time” or something like that. So good

]]> 1 a18b51b57f8756afe58915ce320652e3 Beth Spezia posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: I am reading Wendell Berry. […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/146214/ Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:27:08 +0100 I am reading Wendell Berry. https://cals.arizona.edu/~steidl/Liberation.html.

]]> 4 d67236f3ff4a2858b4e696761849a666 Hannah Clements posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: I saw, and heard, Wendy Cope reading her poems from Anecdotal […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/135714/ Thu, 19 Apr 2018 21:32:38 +0100 I saw, and heard, Wendy Cope reading her poems from Anecdotal Evidence last weekend. Excellent! I particularly love ‘Evidence’ and I’m finding it ringing in my ears as I go about my days since hearing it for the first time.

]]> 0 ba16a0ba2d2ef2400f1d9de753c3bbce Kate Swann posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Just started reading Owen Sheers, The Green Hollow. Amazing,book https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/131246/ Sat, 07 Apr 2018 12:34:03 +0100 Just started reading Owen Sheers, The Green Hollow. Amazing,book

]]> 1 aa274d011c17a0021ff3bcd4f9987d06 Susan Emm posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: As I live near Margate - there is no escape from T S […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/131158/ Sat, 07 Apr 2018 07:24:08 +0100 As I live near Margate – there is no escape from T S Eliot’s, The Wasteland! References, readings, walking, art work inspired by lines from the poem are everywhere! It has made me get out my copy and read sections of it. There are also wonderful free talks on Tuesday afternoons at Turner Contemporary  (I’ve only managed to get to a couple) while the exhibition runs:
https://www.turnercontemporary.org/exhibitions/journeys-with-the-waste-land

As I enjoy walking, I have also managed to join a couple of these walks with the wonderful Elspeth Penfold. Get down to Margate while all these activities are running:

https://iamthewalker.com/category/walking-with-the-waste-land/

]]> 0 b18496736fd742acfcb11c4f9f4d650c Vasiliki Albedo posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: I am -at last- reading and LOVING Wayne Holloway-Smith's […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/127770/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 11:31:10 +0100 I am -at last- reading and LOVING Wayne Holloway-Smith’s remarkable Alarum. Amazing!

]]> 1 61929fa70636c7279f3fea8e8b307646 Patrick Gallagher posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: I’m reading Michael Longley at the moment - Angel Hill. I […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/126110/ Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:50:16 +0000 I’m reading Michael Longley at the moment – Angel Hill. I’m really impressed by his ability to immerse the reader with uses of memory and experiences common to all.

In one poem “the Ornithologist” he takes what could be an environmentalist topic familiar to a few people and broadens it out to the general reader using enjambment to take you from the immediate to the reflective in 2 lines. Defeats expectations

]]> 0 0d97be9b80143c4527444b2f2eef29f9 MC Thompson posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Fiona Benson's Bright Travellers - which was so amazingly p […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/123119/ Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:22:18 +0000 Fiona Benson’s Bright Travellers – which was so amazingly perfect it almost made me want to give up the whole enterprise …

… but not quite, so I’ve also been reading:

Glyn Maxwell, On Poetry – beautifully written, it made me cry once and laugh out loud three times all in the first fifteen pages (which was a bit awkward because I was in a cafe at the time);

Jo Bell & Jane Commane, How to be a Poet – lots of useful stuff in here, and pleasingly straight talking;

Jo Bell, 52 – fifty-two (the clue’s in the title) poetry prompts.  You’re supposed to deal with one a week, but I have no impulse control so I’m reading it all the way through in one go.  Good, interesting prompts, and lots of poems and poets I hadn’t encountered before.

All four books are worthy uses of your hard-earned cash.

]]> 0 464ac6b7b838f991619e7ed961cea2df Robert Shooter posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: BAD DREAMS by Tessa Hadley https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/122948/ Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:48:07 +0000 BAD DREAMS by Tessa Hadley

]]> 0 02b718b8833f2b5d99a49a06db9008e9 Nisa Saiyid posted an update in the group What Are You Reading?: Domestic Violence by Eavan Boland Don't Let me Be Lonely by […] https://poetryschool.com/campus/p/122702/ Sun, 18 Feb 2018 09:17:32 +0000 Domestic Violence by Eavan Boland

Don’t Let me Be Lonely by Claudia Rankine

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Spirit Level by Seamus Heaney

The End of the Poem by Paul Muldoon

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