Lisa Kelly

I was lucky enough to be awarded an Authors' Foundation Grant from the Society of Authors to help me complete my second Carcanet collection, The House of the Interpreter, during Covid lockdown at a time when freelance commissions dried up. I would recommend that writers apply as I was encouraged to do so. You never … Continue reading The Authors’ Foundation and Authors’ Contingency Fund in 2023

Thrilled and grateful that Carol Rumen's chose 'Blackbird and Beethoven' as poem of the week for her column in The Guardian newspaper with a wonderful analysis. You can read the poem and Carol's thoughts about the poem here. Thanks also to editor Zoe Brigley who first had faith in the poem and published it in … Continue reading Blackbird and Beethoven chosen by Carol Rumen’s for poem of the week

With thanks to Hilary Menos at The Friday Poem for featuring my exchange of letters with Paul Stephenson on Wallace Stevens Paul Stephenson and Lisa Kelly exchange letters on the poetry of Wallace Stevens 24 August 2023 Dear Lisa,I was sitting in my usual red armchair and perusing the photos and books on my shelf. … Continue reading Letters on the Centenary of Harmonium

Thrilled and grateful to Poetry Daily that FROM D/diaries: Saturday morning, lying in bed, 9th February 2019 from The House of the Interpreter (Carcanet) is featured on the site as today's poem. You can read it here: https://poems.com/poem/from-d-diaries-saturday-morning-lying-in-bed-9th-february-2019/ At one point I intended to write a regular diary about my experience of single-sided-deafness due to childhood mumps, … Continue reading Poetry Daily – Today’s Poem: FROM D/diaries: Saturday morning, lying in bed, 9th February 2019