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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/03/22 by Connor Sansby) I’ve seen it a hundred times. A newer poet takes the mic, prepares themselves to read their work and utters the fateful words: “This probably isn’t any good.” At this moment a handful of things happen. Firstly, the audience switch off and begin talking with their friends
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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/04/05 by Connor Sansby) In the world of writing, there is a multitude of forms to be creative and each one requires its own education before it is tackled. A different approach is needed for novels, short stories, poetry, TV, film, stage, non-fiction; each is a fascinating discipline to explore
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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/04/19 by Connor Sansby) Poets are hungry folks. We’re constantly looking for new audiences and venues to perform in. We’re a little like sharks: if we stop, we’re done. Having said this, trying to find those gigs we want can require a more delicate touch than simply firing off a
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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/05/03 by Connor Sansby) Within poetry, the hardest thing to write is a short poem. There’s something magical about the laser precision in the shortest of poems. It might be that you can easily recall the whole thing, allowing you to fixate on the perfection of the single image. Alternatively,
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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/05/17 by Connor Sansby) In the margins of T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, there is a comment—an editor’s note—that speaks to me as much as the celebrated poem it comments on: “Perhaps be damned.” While words like “Perhaps” and “Maybe” have their place in poetry, they are weak words, used
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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/05/31 by Connor Sansby) For some time now, Charles Bukowski has been one of my favourite poets; but within scholarly circles, he’s earned a reputation as the ‘patron saint of bad poetry.’ It’s true his work often lacked rhyme or conventional metre but, for whatever reason, Charles Bukowski has remained one
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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/06/14 by Connor Sansby) For poets, social media is very much king when it comes to marketing. There simply isn’t a better tool for finding gigs and promoting appearances and new releases to your audiences, despite the myriad difficulties in ensuring your fans see what you’re posting. But a number
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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/06/28 by Connor Sansby) There comes a point in every performance poet’s career where they have to look at leaving home for an extended period of time. It could be just after a book has come out, or a spoken-word album, or even just to share an established set. Sometimes,
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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/07/12 by Connor Sansby) It’s commonly heard, the writer or poet speaking to another with all the air of a superstar artist, deftly exploring their craft to an admiring onlooker. Eventually the phrase will fall from their lips, some variation of, “I don’t edit, I like to preserve the moment
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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/07/26 by Connor Sansby) As performers, the tool we poets use above all else is our voice. The same voice we use speaking in daily life, yet more. Deeper, clearer, more powerful. And yet, most poets won’t be able to give you the most basic advice on breathing technique, the
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