Tag Archives: Robert Burns Fellowship

Perigee

Posted on May 4, 2012 by ejneale

Lately I’ve been thinking about both the professional satisfaction and personal comfort that come from re-drafting. A great sense of security arises from working over and over the phrasing of a line, from reaching and reaching for the most sonorous … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bon Iver, Darian Leader, Erik Satie, macrocarpa, metaphor, perigee, Robert Burns Fellowship, Tiny Ruins, Tui Beer, writing process | Leave a comment

Journalese

Posted on April 19, 2012 by ejneale

The Burns Fellowship has turned up some unexpected requests lately. One was from a woman I’d never met who wanted advice on how to read an ee cummings poem at her brother’s wedding: the request was passed on to me … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Caitlin Moran, Ee Cummings, Exposure, Fosterling, How to be a Woman, love poems, medical students, Poems in the Waiting Room, Robert Burns Fellowship, Ruth Arnison, self-doubt, Sir Julius Vogel Awards, University of Otago | 7 Comments

Thank-tatic, grate-elated, a-whelmed!

Parenthood, house-selling, trying to write shapely poems and a poem-sequence (or is it a novel, or is it a cross-breed, a povel, a book of noetry?) and another novel (or is it a poor failed misconception that will never reach … Continue reading →

Aside | Posted on March 27, 2012 by ejneale | Tagged Eco-sanctuary, James Norcliffe, Nick Austin, Robbie Ellis, Robert Burns Fellowship, Roget's Thesaurus, University of Otago | 4 Comments

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