Hannah Copley's Blog

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]

Online launch of Speculum – Saturday 30th October @19.30

book launch event on October 30th @ 19.30

Speculum is here

Speculum is here!

‘Speculum’ is now available to pre-order!

My poetry collection Speculum is now available to pre-order from the Broken Sleep Books online shop!

Charlotte Brontë’s morning sickness

Charlotte Brontë's Hyperemesis Gravidarum and writing about extreme morning sickness

Poetry Collection. Coming October 2021

Poetry collection coming in October 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

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.

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.

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.