The issues raised are important, whether your own work is traditional or avant-garde. Learn from the Experts Much of this material is not available elsewhere. The editor was for many years the Chairman of one of the UK's longest-running poetry writing groups, and brings you a wealth of inside knowledge and practical experience. Thispoetry notes can be accessed by issue and topic, and there are links to selected Internet resources - writing resource centres, books on literary theory and practice, creative writing courses and poetry ezines. Choose below from individual issues or groupings by topic.
Poetry is a responsible attempt to understand the world in human terms.
Carefully thought out values and philosophies are what distinguishes significant work from the trivial. Here you will find synopses of the western tradition - meaning, aesthetics, Modernism, Postmodernism, etc. No single school of literary criticism has all the answers, but this section provides the tools to approach the arduous business of redrafting from the relevant perspectives. Plus the intellectual standing of the various schools. One style has followed another with bewildering speed in the twentieth century.