As
social media evolves, so the role of poetry blogs is changing. A number of poetry bloggers seem to have given up this year or started
posting on a far more sporadic and irregular basis, as if they’re struggling to
find a purpose or a need for their blog posts. Nevertheless, I’d argue that as
the internet develops, so the role of poetry blogs is adapting rather than
vanishing. In this context, I’ll be posting in January about the new, extremely
useful potential niches that might be filled by poetry blogs from now on.
For the moment, however, here's my
highly subjective and personal list of The Best U.K. Poetry Blogs of 2022, divided
this year into three separate sections: newcomers, regular blogs (i.e. ones
that post on average at least once a month) and irregular blogs that are still
worth bearing in mind despite their sporadic nature.
First off, the newcomers to this list, some of whom might well have been blogging for years but have only just appeared on my limited radar:
Nigel Kent’s blog
Marian Christie’s Poetry and Mathematics
Billy Mills’ Elliptical Movements (from Ireland but also covering the U.K. scene)
Paul Brookes' The Wombwell Rainbow
Tears in the Fence
And now, the regulars:
Fokkina McDonnell’s Acacia
Publications
Mat
Riches’ Wear The Fox Hat
Matthew Paul’s blog
Bob Mee’s blog
Tim
Love’s litrefs
Emma Lee’s blog
Julie Mellor’s blog.
Ama Bolton’s barleybooks
Wendy Pratt’s blog
Elizabeth Rimmer’s Burned Thumb
Liz
Lefroy’s I buy a new washer
Martyn Crucefix’s blog
Charles
Boyle’s Sonofabook
Josephine Corcoran’s blog
John
Foggin’s cobweb
RobinHoughton’s blog
Sheenagh
Pugh’s Good God! There’s writing on both sides of that paper!
Caroline Gill’s blog
And to finish off, the irregular
bloggers:
Jeremy Wikeley’s new blog
Richie
McCaffery’s The Lyrical Aye
Giles Turnbull’s blog
Chris
Edgoose’ Wood Bee Poet
Matt
Merritt’s Polyolbion
John
Field’s Poor Rude Lines
Clarissa
Aykroyd’s The Stone and the Star
AnthonyWilson’s blog
Angela
Topping’s blog
Marion McCready’s Poetry in
Progress
Clare Best's blog
And
that’s the end of the 2022 list. Oh, and one annual reminder; as mentioned in
previous years, I do know that grim feeling of reading through a list, coming
to the end and realising you’re not there, so I can only apologise if I’ve
missed you out. As one individual reader, I can’t keep up with everyone, and
I’d be very grateful for any additional blogs that readers might like to add in
the comments that follow this post…
Thanks Matthew.
ReplyDeleteThank you from me, too, Matthew. It is always a boost to find that I have been included on the list. I much look forward to reading about the adaptations you mention and to discover how you feel they are beginning to reshape the world of poetry blogging as we know it.
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