Just exploring some of Linda's links a bit more.  Try best Scottish poems at the SPL.  http://www.spl.org.uk/poetry/best-scottish-poems  .  Keith.

For discussion, can I ask you to trawl down and find the video, Occupation times 3 which has a Tom Leonard poem [read by him] as the narrative. Please take some notes for Monday. Writing politics indeed.

Enjoying reading your political ballads following Sharmanka trip. Thank you also for your donations towards funeral costs of musician from Sharmanka. This Monday, last but one - aagh, we will be in St Louis where we will workshop your own work and also look a bit more at the 'arc of the story'. We will also have one of our 'immediate' writing workshops. See you there at 2pm.

It will be a truly imaginative time at Sharmanka on Monday, 8th April. I will meet you all in the reception of Trongate 103 at 1.55pm. Please be on time because it is a 'show' and will begin at 2pm prompt. Yass, the wonder that is Bersudsky.

Short Story Competition NOW. Go online to The Scotia Bar. They are taking online applications - all of you have good enough work for this competition. It is well supported, is a lot of fun. Go for it. NB I have also JUDGED it!

Villanelle

Never having heard the word villanelle, I was a bit daunted by this week's homework.  I found a useful tutorial at;
http://www.thehungrypoet.co.uk/2013/02/playing-with-poetic-form-1-the-villanelle/

Remember we are on Tuesday next week. Location to be confirmed by Friday ( I want to set us a woekshop in a diff environment). For next Tuesday, select two advise/points of interest to share from one of the sites posted here on the blog. These could be events/competitions or whatever you find interesting.