Hannah Copley's Blog
December 1, 2021
Mother and baby homes – File [1] and File [2]
These two poems, named ‘File [1]’ and ‘File [2]’ are taken from a sequence of sonnets that run across ‘Speculum’. They are both found and imagined pieces that recreate the admittance notes for girls and women entering mother and baby homes at various points in the Twentieth Century. Within the poems the names of the … Continue reading Mother and baby homes – File [1] and File [2]
October 20, 2021
Online launch of Speculum – Saturday 30th October @19.30
book launch event on October 30th @ 19.30
August 12, 2021
‘Speculum’ is now available to pre-order!
My poetry collection Speculum is now available to pre-order from the Broken Sleep Books online shop!
May 15, 2021
Charlotte Brontë’s morning sickness
Charlotte Brontë's Hyperemesis Gravidarum and writing about extreme morning sickness
April 23, 2021
Poetry Collection. Coming October 2021
Poetry collection coming in October 2021
April 3, 2021
Writing Between the Lines Poetry Challenge. Events 8 and 9: High Jump and Long Jump
The final writing between the lines poetry challenge. Featuring the long jump, the high jump, the WAA, and a blackout poetry challenge
April 2, 2021
Writing Between the Lines Poetry Challenge. Event 7: The Javelin
It's event 7 in the Writing Between the Lines poetry challenge. Today is all about the javelin and how to throw with two hands. Plus syllabics and a poetic prompt with a strict set of rules.
March 31, 2021
Now get out your dancing wands! Writing Between the Lines Poetry Challenge. The exhibition
A brief look at the exhibition dances of the Women's Olympiad, as well as some of the media coverage of their trip.
March 30, 2021
Writing Between the Lines: Poetry Event 6. The Hurdles
Today's poetry challenge event is the hurdles. We'll be looking at some contemporary accounts of the athletes and thinking about the physical and social hurdles that they had to clear. Then a writing challenge inspired by their defiance in the face of repeated barriers.
