NORMAL TOWN POET
I contain multitudes’ B.Dylan The multiverse is according to wikipedia the hypothetical collection of all possible universes, which together contain everything that exists. The Multiverse is also a good nomenclature for the state of British poetry now. It is a poetry world increasingly ring-fenced and siloed by vested interests,multiple cliques and what are basically book-reading…
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I was tipped off about this great free flipbook software by Anthony Howell. So here is my very first Poetry Pamphlet which I made on the Poetry Library London’s photocopier as that was mostly my job there. I made 25 and sold them for £1.50 (big money in 1990) and sold out although Ivor Cutler…
So finally here it is the all new revised second edition of Thames Valley Texas published to coincide with the reading I giving at Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot on Friday 7th November. I will be supporting the acclaimed new country singer Hannah White and The Dreaming Spires whose new LP ‘Normal Town’ is a suite…
My hometown of Didcot, Oxon (formerly Berks) was identified as the most normal town in the U.K. according to the BBC and researchers. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-39428314.amp? Which makes me a Normal Town Poet…. More to follow…
Ever felt down in the dumps? That the world not recognising your talents..that fame will always elude you? Fear not Mark Z and crew have the perfect solutionJUST ASK META!You will be surprised what comes back…. Shaun Belcher Poet? Shaun Belcher is indeed a poet, but I couldn’t find much information about him. Can you…
The Titanic of Publishing just hit the iceberg of Raynor Winn and not many will make it to the lifeboats. In recent days the media has been slowly coming to terms with a sequence of revelations of the sheer scale of the deception involved in the creation of the Raynor Winn myth (here I want…
A poet friend shared this Substack article on facebook and I think it is very good at analysing something which is going on at Poetry Review without taking sides and also from a female perspective. Horace & friends What is a poetry magazine for? Poetry Review has always been prone to appointing so-called ‘scene-changers’ but…
MAY SUBMISSIONS A glutton for punishment I continue to prove that I am the UK’s Most Ignored Poet or UKMIP. So far I have applied to approx 36 Magazines since January 1st and the score is Magazines 36 – Shaun Belcher Acceptances 0 Putting me well ahead in the Britain’s Got No Poets Celebrity Write…
APRIL SUBMISSIONS New Policy no USA and Canada mags reduces overall numbers and frankly wasting time. Here’s this month’s chicken head on the chopping block list…after vetting left with very few opportunities London Grip: XXX Been asked to re-submit a poem here for June issue so will do my best to write or find two…