Edited by Jackie Morris, Friday, 27 Nov 2020, 18:02
Not an official one, but everyone else in the family is skiing and I am staying in the hotel and reading and writing. It’s such a treat, though my eyes are sore by the time they all get back.
I’ve been reading course material and also lots and lots of new poets, just letting my brain absorb everything. I’m also trying to be disciplined at noting, with dates and publishers, everything I read to save a world of pain later in the course.
I’m up to date on the writing activities. Predictably returning to poetry induced major ‘I can’t do it’ vibes, thus the immersion this week, but a good Module 2 result helped, that and reading poets say again and again they all feel like that. And writing a poem, then another, then another, that helped too.
It’s a fair old slog, this course, not much in the way of rest. I can’t imagine fitting it around young children and work.
Reading Week
Not an official one, but everyone else in the family is skiing and I am staying in the hotel and reading and writing. It’s such a treat, though my eyes are sore by the time they all get back.
I’ve been reading course material and also lots and lots of new poets, just letting my brain absorb everything. I’m also trying to be disciplined at noting, with dates and publishers, everything I read to save a world of pain later in the course.
I’m up to date on the writing activities. Predictably returning to poetry induced major ‘I can’t do it’ vibes, thus the immersion this week, but a good Module 2 result helped, that and reading poets say again and again they all feel like that. And writing a poem, then another, then another, that helped too.
It’s a fair old slog, this course, not much in the way of rest. I can’t imagine fitting it around young children and work.