Hockney at the RA

I'm still reeling from the impact of this fantastic exhibition. Hockney is inspirational in the way he is continually experimenting with colour, medium, film etc. His exploration on The Sermon on the Mount, (after Claude) is a window into the way he works. His notebooks show what a great draughtsman he is and his ipad pictures make me want to have a go, although I can't draw to save my life. Try and get tickets if you can as this is a wonderful event and will lift those winter blues.

...the way of most resolutions!

Time seems to have flown again and I've been writing a lot of sonnets and villanelles. Now I'm delving into prose poetry and reading Rimbaud. I can't believe that he was writing in the 1800's and that his work is still so contemporary. We had a 'lively' discussion about prose poetry at the latest poetry workshop; the grey area between prose and poetry. It's a discussion I enjoy. I'm now writing a prose poem about waking up inside a jelly...maybe time for a rest.

Resolution!

Another year and another set of resolutions to break. I've been trying to write in blank verse which I found hard at first but now find I'm getting addicted to the form.
We had a great poetry workshop in December based around William Carlos Williams and his Red Wheelbarrow. For January's meeting we are meant to be writing imagist poetry. It is certainly harder than it looks but I'm having fun with it.
Happy New Year everyone!