Tips
Writing the unspoken
quicken: to accelerate; to impart energy or liveliness to; to invigorate; to stimulate; to give life to; to…
Jacob Polley
Jacob Polley’s fourth book of poems, Jackself, won the 2016 TS Eliot Prize. He is Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University. www.jacobpolley.com
Tips
quicken: to accelerate; to impart energy or liveliness to; to invigorate; to stimulate; to give life to; to…
Exercises
This exercise is very simple, but it’s an exercise that touches on both the material and language of poems.
1. Think…
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