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5 Poems About Race (by Black Poets)

29th Jun 202029th Jun 2020 ~ Rosie Wood ~ Leave a comment

WON'T YOU CELEBRATE WITH ME? by Lucille Clifton (1991) LET AMERICA BE AMERICA AGAIN by Langston Hughes (1935) from ON THE DEATH OF GENERAL WOOSTER by Phillis Wheatley (1778) SO YOU THINK I'M A MULE? By Jackie Kay (1985) STILL I RISE by Maya Angelou (1978)

Must Read Poems for the Quarantine

24th Mar 202030th Mar 2020 ~ Rosie Wood ~ 1 Comment

We face a long road ahead, and I truly believe that the arts are instrumental to people's mental wellbeing in these difficult times. I have compiled below a selection of poems for you to peruse while you are tucked up safely at home. I have tried to select poems that fit the theme of quarantine; … Continue reading Must Read Poems for the Quarantine

Floods of Ideas

10th Feb 202024th Mar 2020 ~ Rosie Wood ~ Leave a comment

As I begin writing on this website, I am 6645 words into my Master's dissertation in creative writing. I am sitting slap bang in the middle of storm Ciara, a phenomenon that has flooded near enough every street leading anywhere worth going, has caused businesses to close and friends to be evacuated from their homes … Continue reading Floods of Ideas

Hi there! I’m Rosie Wood, I have been writing poetry avidly for 13 years (unlucky for some!)

When I was a teen, one of my guiltiest (and nerdiest) pleasures was getting a pencil and a poetry book and scribbling my amateur analysis all over it.

One English Literature degree and half a postgraduate creative writing degree later, I hope that my current book scribblings aren’t quite as sacreligious!

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