A LOCAL poet has seen 2023 out by beating a personal challenge for the second time, writing one or more poems for every day in the calendar year.<\/p>\n
Craig Coulson first completed his goal of writing a poem a day back in 2017 and said he\u2019s felt his writing ability improve in much the same way the second time around.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first time it improved my writing immeasurably and allowed me to write in various styles,\u201d he said. \u201cIt opened my eyes to the fact you don\u2019t have to use a format approved by others as poetry.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe thing that surprised me this year is I write a lot more personally about things that affect me.<\/p>\n
\u201cOutside of that introspectiveness, the Odd Spot in The Age was a good source of inspiration. I also wrote about politics, public holidays, things like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Coulson\u2019s poems ranged from five-line limerick to pieces of 35 lines.<\/p>\n
He was inspired to complete his challenge the first time in order to go beyond the scope of annual 30 Poems in 30 Days initiatives.<\/p>\n
A writer of about six decades, Coulson has been professionally creating since about 2005.<\/p>\n
He was one of the earliest contributors of the Words Out Loud spoken word initiative, and is a regular contributor to Ballarat Spoken Word.<\/p>\n
Coulson said BSW\u2019s February meetup at Bridge Mall will be where people can next hear some of the pieces from his year-long project.<\/p>\n
\u201cI write for publishing but mainly for performance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve read half a dozen already at Ballarat Spoken Word where the audience picked a date for me to read the poems. I should imagine about 50 of the poems could be published.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A LOCAL poet has seen 2023 out by beating a personal challenge for the second time, writing one or more poems for every day in the calendar year. Craig Coulson first completed his goal of writing a poem a day back in 2017 and said he\u2019s felt his writing ability improve in much the same […]<\/p>\n