Ian Badcoe Poetry

I won't post this poem's text, because it has fancy formatting, and also is available here:  Streetcake Magazine, Issue 51 - part 1 ...

As the title suggests, this was written originally as a NaPoWriMo poem, but it was subsequently featured by Kinsman when they were guest...

In the horological gardens : function vs. form The sundial stands in a patch of grass: that is a wabe -- as C.S.Lewis assigned the ...

In the horological gardens : ruderal moments you are beneath a tree; the leaves a semi-parasol; the sun pleasantly hazed by high t...

In the horological gardens : clock tree Autumn The seconds peel from branches stuck at five-to-midnight.  The second hand slows, fr...

Offline processing This poem existed as only the opening line for a long time...  I knew how I wanted it to feel, but not what I wanted...

A poem from 2011.  I'd almost forgotten this one, which is ironic when you consider the subject matter. This was inspired by an actu...

There was no prompt, I dug out on old idea (the title) and ran with it... Bridge on the River Quand Every poet has touched on time as ...

Not really following any prompt here, except there was a prompt about "space" which prompted me (sic) to look through my notes for...

I went to a writing workshop, some years back now.  One of the exercises was to watch a "British Transport Film" similar if not id...

This one languished for a long time as just the first strophe and the idea of releasing the mice.  However on the train yesterday it got i...

An old unfinished one I dug up and converted to electricity. Quite by coincidence this (almost) fits of the prompts I saw elsewhere for...

The prompt was to retell a creation myth. First time I've used "wang" or "tits" in a poem, but then your typical ...

Blatant cheating now, this isn't one I wrote for the occasion, but one I've had half finished in the pile forever.  So I dusted it o...

I've got stalled on this year's NaPoWriMo, I think because I'm still really tired following Rosemary's book launch on Thur...

The official NaPoWriMo prompt for today links to this interview , in which the first question asked is: Did you grow up in a literary fam...

I had an evening out with some people I used to work with... ...who are all still mostly more embroiled with large corporations than I a...

Tea time, earlier today... I was just reminded of this, because it is another poem from Memento ... Minnie and Violet are real great a...

Why would I post nearly the same thing twice? To demonstrate the creative process, of course! Also to show how the only constant is ch...

Who doesn't want to write a history of the World? This is a slightly unusual posting, as this poem isn't necessarily finished.  ...