Poetry editor @theBrazenHead1, studies the Early Middle Ages, writes narrative poetry. 'A Presentment of Englishry', 'A Man of Heart' and 'The Fabled Third'.
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined December 2018
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As you'd expect the advice to poets seeking publication is good. Don Paterson and Niall Campbell on how to submit poems and things to avoid:
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Writer scams as a form entertainment. Donna Tartt has written to tell me how much she admires my translation of Culhwch and Olwen.
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Now available: my verse translation of "The Little Garden of Walahfrid Strabo," which combines eloquent poetry, classical allusions, medieval plant lore, and the personal observations of a 9th-century monk.
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The Autumn issue of @TheBrazenHead1 is now online. Translations from Russian, Middle English and Latin, as well as the usual range of excellent poets. brazen-head.org/category/the…
Autumn issue - Lawrence Freiesleben & Rupert Loydell on films. Poems by Gary Bills, Andrew Brenza, Josh Simon Harris, Tim Miller, Alistair Noon, Paul J. Pastor, & others. William Markley on Christopher Lasch, and Bill Hartley on Dennis Wheatley. And more! brazen-head.org
My review of an excellent history of 'fairy' belief.
Liam Guilar reviews Francis Young's 'Fairies' - brazen-head.org/2026/09/15/m… @liamguilar @DrFrancisYoung @politybooks @FolkloreSociety @englishfolkexpo @ghostsofwales @StephenGeoRae @FolkloreIreland @DerekTurner1964
Robert Southwell wrote: ‘A Poet, a Lover, and a Liar, are by many reckoned but three words of one signification.” Don Paterson taking a more measured view of the role of lying in poetry over at North Sea Poets:
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I can't be the only person who is tired of watching big budget productions taking the History out of 'Historical Fiction' and leaving the story flapping in the wind.
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Review of Claudia Gary's new book. which deserves the praise.
Vadim Kagan welcomes Claudia Gary's 'Time and Other Solvents' - brazen-head.org/2026/06/15/a… @claudiagary @liamguilar @SentiMetrix @DerekTurner1964
June's edition of the Brazen Head is live with the usual range of poems and poets. My thanks to all those who sent their poems in.
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Ian Brinton reviews my translation of How Culhwch won Olwen. longpoemmagazine.org.uk/revi…
David Jones read 'The Hunt' and introduces it, tongue in cheek, as 'the Moby Dick of Welsh Legends'. youtu.be/GYZMF15Fvvs?si=a3va…
Thoughtful, earnest overview of David Jones, contains interviews with Petra Gill and Valerie Price...
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'Guilar’s reimagining of the story of Culhwch and Olwen blows away the cobwebs and allows us to read this classic work of medieval Welsh literature and foundation stone of the Arthurian cycle with fresh eyes. It’s a triumph.'
Full review here.
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I’m told this is One Of The Best So Far and Not To Be Missed
Another Highly Exciting Instalment: the climax of Ez's walking tour, and mine, under the gallows in Auvergne, with a song by Peire Cardenal, and more.
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Having spent the last day or two trying to remember a word: reverse dictionary, thesaurus, visual thesaurus, historical thesaurus, dictionary of slang (several), dialect dictionaries (several), OED...realised the word does not exist...
Do you read Narrative Poetry? I do, and this one is one of the great European performances in a fine translation which reads well in English, Now to reread Ariosto.
Delighted to have a copy. Even more delighted to discover the last third of the book is a collection of Carson's writing about music.
