Primers Volume Two E-Book

Ben Bransfield

• Herausgeber: Nine Arches Press
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 48

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

The best of new voices in poetry, published by Nine Arches Press in conjunction with The Poetry School. Primers Vol.2 collects together three selected poets from a nationwide scheme to find exciting new voices in poetry - there's much here to delight and dazzle. Edited by Jacob Sam-La Rose and Jane Commane, this year's Primers poets: Ben Bransfield is from Shropshire. His poems have appeared in The North, Obsessed with Pipework, ASH, and have been placed in Peterloo and Wenlock competitions. He was named a Poetry Society Teacher Trailblazer in 2015, and he lives and teaches in London. Cynthia Miller is a brand strategist and Co-Director of Verve, Birmingham's inaugural Poetry and Spoken Word Festival 2017. She was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize in 2013 and has a poem forthcoming in The Emma Press Anthology of Love. Marvin Thompson was born in London to Jamaican parents, and now lives in mountainous South Wales. As well as having an MA in Creative Writing, his poems have appeared in numerous journals. These include Stand Magazine and The Poetry Review.

Leseprobe

PRIMERS:Volume Two

Primers: Volume Two

Ben Bransfield, Cynthia Miller and Marvin Thompson

Edited by Jacob Sam-La Rose and Jane Commane

ISBN: 978-1-911027-18-8

Copyright © Ben Bransfield, Cynthia Miller and Marvin Thompson

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First published April 2017 by:

Nine Arches Press

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About the Selecting Editors:

Jacob Sam-La Rose was born in London in 1976. He was managing director of a web development studio before becoming a freelance writer and editor. He is the Artistic Director of the London Teenage Poetry SLAM, Editor-in-Chief of Metaroar.com, and an editor for flipped eye press. He also facilitates a range of literature-in-education, creative writing and spoken word programmes through schools, arts centres and other institutions. His work has appeared in many anthologies and journals, including Identity Parade: New British & Irish Poets (Bloodaxe), Poems For Love (Penguin), I Have Found a Song (Enitharmon Press), Red (Peepal Tree), Learn Then Burn: The Ultimate Poetry Guide for the High School or College Classroom (Write Bloody) and Michael Rosen’s A-Z: The Best Children’s Poetry from Agard to Zephaniah (Puffin). His pamphlet Communion was a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice in 2006. Breaking Silence (Bloodaxe Books, 2011), his first book-length collection, was shortlisted for both the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize 2012.

Jane Commane was born in Coventry and lives and works in Warwickshire. Her poems have been published in Tears in the Fence, And Other Poems, Iota, Anon, The Stare’s Nest and the Morning Star and collected in Best British Poetry 2011 and Lung Jazz: Young British Poets for Oxfam. Jane is editor at Nine Arches Press and co-editor of Under the Radar magazine.

CONTENTS

Foreword

Ben Bransfield

Greenhouse

Granddad

Palaeontology

Broseley

Garden Twine

Paradise

Glossary

SupaSnaps

Shaving with my Father

Amanita phalloides

Delivery

Pac-a-mac

And to this day

Bedlington Terrier

Copper Calf

Cynthia Miller

Leave

Yellow

Drokpa

Lupins

Cassandra

October Song

The Impossible Physiology of the Free Diver

How to Run Away

Scheherazade in the Care Home, Part I

Scheherazade in the Care Home, Part II

Jade

Aubade with Court Ruling

When My Daughter Asks I’ll Say

Nasty Woman Anthem

Marvin Thompson

An Interview with Comedy Genius Olivier Welsh

1. When did you first know you wanted to be a stand-up comic?

2. Was it difficult to turn your back on all the drugs?

3. What’s the truth about how Tommy Mann was born?

4. What are your thoughts about comedians using the N-word?

5. Which British comedians do you admire?

6. But isn’t it true that you’ve been influenced artistically by a host of white comedians?

7. Tell us about the controversy surrounding your hosting of the Oscars

Severn Sisters

Dear Martina

The Thyme Traveller

The Earth Mother

Misdemeanour

The Tiger

Samantha

Leila

Thanks and Acknowledgements

FOREWORD

Consider the Primers countdown: three selected poets, a second book published, one copy in your hand. We – Nine Arches Press, the Poetry School and selecting editor Jacob Sam-La Rose – are delighted to launch the second volume in our Primers mentoring and publishing series, and welcome you to our selected poets’ worlds.

This most recent Primers scheme brought in a rich and appealing menu of new poetry for us to consider and ponder over during the autumn and winter of 2016. Our first round of selections produced an initial long-longlist of just under a hundred promising submissions that we finessed into a longlist of just 28 poets. Our further reading and intense, enjoyable discussions resulted in the shortlist of ten, which included auspicious and thought-provoking new poetry from Emma Jeremy, Marjorie Lofti-Gill, Matthew Dixon, Michelle Penn, Miranda Peake, Paul Adrian, and Samuel Prince as well as our three finalists, Ben Bransfield, Cynthia Miller and Marvin Thompson.

What are the advantages, then, of a scheme like Primers? For one, the submissions process itself offers each poet who submits an assessment of their work, however brief that may be – whether it’s simply ‘No, not this time’ or an encouraging ‘Maybe, let’s put this on the longlist’ or perhaps even a resounding consensus of ‘Oh yes, this MUST go on the shortlist!’ from the selecting editors. Each decision has a value in evaluating original work at an important stage of its development. If you submitted poems to Primers and were not successful this year, you still took a giant step in doing something practical and positive to get your poems out there and under our collective consideration. Admiration is due to every single poet who took the time to refine and polish-up their six best poems and submit them to Primers: Volume Two – even if you didn’t make any of the lists, you had the courage and confidence to put your work before us, and allow us the privilege of considering your poems. Well done. Keep going. These seemingly small steps matter, and are a most vital part of developing as a poet and writer.