Esther Morgan Poetry: Home Page

I'm a writer, editor and creative writing teacher. My first collection, Beyond Calling Distance , was published by Bloodaxe in 2001 and my second, The Silence Living in Houses, appeared from the same publisher in the summer of 2005. I've freelanced for nine years since completing an MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia where I also taught for several years and edited an annual anthology of contemporary poetry, Reactions. I'm currently an Editorial Assistant and Manager of the Historic Recordings for The Poetry Archive, the world's premier online collection of poets reading their own work. From autumn 2006 I have also joined the team of writers teaching on Oxford University's M.St in Creative Writing. If you're a reader or writer of poetry, or a teacher looking for ideas on creative writing, then my site is designed for you . . . (site updated December 2006).

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Poems from The Silence Living in Houses	*Beyond Calling Distance*
Find out about how living in the house that time forgot influenced my new collection, described by John Burnside as offering poems of "outstanding beauty and a decidedly celebratory wisdom".	I've selected a series of key words which touch on some of the themes that weave through the book.
Journey of a Poem	Beat the Blank Page
Have you ever wanted to lift the curtain on the writing process? This feature follows the (slow!) progress of one of my poems from initial notes, through the different drafts to the final (?) version.	Stuck for inspiration? My favourite writing exercises will help you get going. The best poems inspired by them will be posted up on this site.