Charlie Baylis's Blog, page 4

i made a poem video with jasmine gray, this was my first time...

i made a poem video with jasmine gray, this was my first time directing!

thanks to mark and fatosh for their sound advice and support.

Close reading - Jack Underwood - An Envelope

An EnvelopeWhat about days when you feel nothing.Waiting in the car, relative...

Close reading - Melissa Lee Houghton - Beautiful Girls

Beautiful GirlsIn our graves we are allbeautiful girls. Our skinis falling away like the tide.Our...

Close reading - Deshawn McKinney - On Forgiveness

On forgivenesssomewhere you read forgivenessand dream about killing a manyou hear forgiveness...

Close reading - Rachel Long - Divine Healing

Divine HealingMumsaid Auntie B tried to palm her cancer off.High-upwitches can do that – see a...

Close reading - SJ Fowler - Wolves in Chernobyl

Wolves in Chernobyl                            today is nothing. the future won’t come             ...

Close reading - Aaron Kent – Dear Mother You’re Dying

Dear Mother You’re DyingYou are wasting away, you havecavernous sinuses and hollow...

5 questions with Andrew McMillan

Why do you write?On one level it’ssimply that it’s how I make sense of the world;  how I...

For Sale!

My new poetry pamphlet is out today. Hip hip hooray!Featuring: apricot lakes, grace kelly’s eyes,...