Kevan Manwaring is a writer, storyteller and performance poet. He has also taught on all three Open University creative writing modules. Other projects include The Cotswolds Word Centre. To start off, please tell us a little about where you are … Continue reading
Rumination When the nights close inAfternoons and evenings converge,The long summer days having moved on. Leaves capitulate like flames frozen upon the ember seasonGently stirred by the breath seen murmuring around the bough,Serenaded by the nature of contemplation. We confine … Continue reading
From the field agent’s manual Let the light pass by youfirst time around. Takenothing in. There maybe windows of which youare not aware, with markson them you do not want to hear about. Climb intoa car late at night& let … Continue reading
Everyone remembers the forestleads to ruinthe world needs spaceto be related to nature Even though we are unmarriedhope still liesin the sheath of fatewoven into threads of colour Powerful axe swingthe tree falls and the fruit from itcausing global warmingdue … Continue reading
it is a dead nativitythat the burned, blind berries stand serried on the trees,and the scuttered, flittering fields in the rafters of the grail,and the angelus that floats in a spineless, furling sea,with the nailed crests of children raining on … Continue reading
As you grow older, you feelthe rain before the first dropplops upon your skyward facebecause aches in wrists & kneesare the raging storm clouds unseen. O, how it was to be young& without a care or worry,running through the rainbecause … Continue reading
The Voyage What’s there to transmit? I was dropped off by ship by St Branden exploring islands in the sea of fire. His curragh was smoking. The leather boat hides stretched over the frame of the boat smoked in the … Continue reading
The nature of poetry has evolved since the innovation of free verse and now should allow vast latitude of expression. Too many self-appointed guardians of the realm of poetry presume to righteously define the boundaries valid for exploration, arbitrarily excluding … Continue reading
Can you tell us about your collection, Grenade Genie? Grenade Genie, published by Fly on the Wall Press, is very much a book for people who want to read poetry that engages with, and says something about, the world in … Continue reading
The last year has been tough for many people. Whilst I have struggled to write, I have been able to take advantage of a lot of online readings and performances. Has the pandemic changed your creativity or the way you … Continue reading