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Monday, 1 June 2020

Poems for Stride magazine and Amethyst Review

I have three poems appearing in Stride magazine this month. All these poems concern other poets beginning today with the artist-poet David Jones, continuing tomorrow with Dylan Thomas and ending on 27 June with Jack Clemo. The third of these poems features in a Stride series entitled 'Talking to the Dead' which begins on 17 June. These poems can be read at http://stridemagazine.blogspot.com/.

Additionally, I am also very pleased to have other of my poems featuring in Amethyst Review. The two poems selected will appear on 20 June and 13 July.

Stride magazine was founded in 1982. Since then it has had various incarnations, most recently in an online edition since the late 20th century. You can visit its earlier incarnation at http://stridemagazine.co.uk.

I have read the poetry featured in Stride and, in particular, the work of its editor Rupert Loydell over many years and was very pleased that Rupert gave a poetry reading when I was at St Stephen Walbrook (an event that Sarah Law, editor of Amethyst, attended). As one or two of my early poems featured in Stride, I am particularly pleased to be published there once again.

Rupert Loydell is a poet, painter, editor and publisher, and senior lecturer in English with creative writing at Falmouth University. He is interested in the relationship of visual art and language, collaborative writing, sequences and series, as well as post-confessional narrative, experimental music and creative non-fiction.

He has edited Stride magazine for over 30 years, and was managing editor of Stride Books for 28 years. His poetry books include Wildlife and Ballads of the Alone (both published by Shearsman), and The Fantasy Kid (for children); he has also edited anthologies for Shearsman, Salt and Knives, Forks & Spoons Press.

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Jim Causley and Luke Thompson - Christ In The Claypit.

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