Mum Poet Club Members' Area
Welcome!
Here you'll find resources that might help you with your writing.
How to Publish your Poetry: Workshop with Gita Raleigh
You can watch a recording of the workshop on our YouTube Channel here:
And here are is a list of resources that Gita put together for the session:
Mum Poem Press Resources
‘Killing the Angel In The House by Virginia Woolf
http://faculty.mercer.edu/glance_jc/English_264_Online/resources/eng264_files/Woolf_Professions.pdf
More about Muriel Rukseyer
https://the-toast.net/2013/11/01/muriel-rukeyser/
Courses:
The Poetry School
Their courses are really good with fully remote options. There are also concessions.
Arvon Foundation
Expensive-but there are concessions for teachers and more affordable remote courses.
Doing it yourself:
Young Poets Network
https://ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk/category/workshop/
This runs challenges for poets under 25 but they are also excellent writing prompts for anyone stuck for inspiration. They also have a really good glossary of all those baffling poetry terms
https://ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk/poetry-glossary/
Coursera
A limited selection-but all free!
https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=poetry
Future Learn
As above
https://www.futurelearn.com/search?q=poetry
Poetry Foundation
One of the main poetry organisations in the USA. Literally hundreds of poems and articles available for free!
https://www.poetryfoundation.org
This is their excellent collection of poems and essays on motherhood
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/150160/poems-about-motherhood
American Academy of Poets
As above. They will also email you a ‘poem a day’ if you sign up.
National Poetry Library
You can join for free and borrow e-books to download on your device
https://www.nationalpoetrylibrary.org.uk
Revising your work:
https://www.guernicamag.com/special/back-draft-carl-phillips/
Podcasts:
The Slowdown
Very short episodes, a great selection of poems -and the host has a lovely soothing voice!
https://www.slowdownshow.org/about
The Poetry Exchange
Ordinary people, talking about a poem that has been a friend to them:
https://www.thepoetryexchange.co.uk
Where to submit:
Poets Directory (Colin Bancroft)
https://poetsdirectory.co.uk/Submissioncalls
Robin Houghton
https://robinhoughtonpoetry.co.uk/poetry-magazines-submissions-information/
Gita's favourite poems on motherhood
Carmen Giminez Smith ‘The Daughter”
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56714/the-daughter
Rita Dove Persephone, Falling
https://poets.org/poem/persephone-falling
Sylvia Plath ‘You’re’
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49010/youre
Frequently Asked Questions #7 Camille T Dungy
https://www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2019/11/12/252-frequently-asked-questions-7
Sonnet for the Unborn Child Sarala Estruch
https://pctothepowerof2.wordpress.com/estruch/
Pelvic Ultrasound Anne Barngrover
https://www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2020/08/24/456-pelvic-ultrasound
Moon Milk is a lovely pamphlet of poems on motherhood by Rachel Bower available from Valley Press.
You can read two poems here:
https://wildcourt.co.uk/new-work/1995/
Gita Ralleigh
@storyvilled on Twitter
https://badbettypress.com/product/a-terrible-thing-gita-ralleigh/