We are thrilled to present the first in a special series of podcasts to celebrate and share the work that is being created and showcased at Cyprus Well.
The series begins with Mac Dunlop, who is currently Mentor to our young Poet in Residence, Andrew Fentham. In the first ... Read More
When I began working for the Charles Causley Trust in September of last year, I was also beginning the third and final year of my degree in English and Creative Writing at Plymouth University. I was attracted to what was initially billed as a ten week internship because I ... Read More
Dunheved / Devon
DOOMSDALE gaol
Lanstefan / Launceston / Lanson
// North Gatehouse // DOOMSDALE // G Fox & Friends
// DOOMSDALE where even at noonday
Cuthbert Mayne cannot see his own hands //
IN MANUS TUAS DOMINE //
MARIA OPTIMAM PARTEM ELIGIT
| MARY | MAGS | MARY | MAGS |
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We can now share with you our final two of five highly commended poems from the Charles Causley International Poetry Competition 2016. Our highly commended winners were selected by our head judge Sir Andrew Motion as having strong potential as poets. They will be offered a virtual mentoring session with ... Read More
We are delighted to begin sharing with you the first three of our five highly commended poets in the Charles Causley International Poetry Competition 2016. Our head judge Sir Andrew Motion singled out these poets as having signs of strong potential in their writing. They will have the opportunity to ... Read More
The winner of the 2nd prize in the Charles Causley International Poetry Competition is Joanne Key with her poem ‘The Year You Turned Into A Fish’.
Joanne lives in Crewe in Cheshire where she writes poetry and short fiction. Her poems have appeared in various places online and in print including ... Read More
Several months ago the Charles Causley Trust was delighted to announce the beginning of a fifth writer’s residency in the New Year. This particular residency is somewhat special, catering specifically for a young writer with ties to Cornwall, either by birth, study or residence. The interest and responses we received ... Read More
It was a fitting prelude to Charles Causley's Centenary year in 2017 that a Causley poem should feature in the world renowned “Carols from Kings” service, along with poems from Rowan Williams and U A Fanthorpe in addition to bible readings.
The other two poets can both be linked to Charles ... Read More
Two thirds in at Charles Causley’s house in Launceston, Cornwall on my residency. I’ve been here since the end of September, and I go just before Christmas Eve. This has been a turning point. Every day I have to make the choice to make something, be it stabs at poems ... Read More
ConvoyThis week being Remembrance week got me thinking about Causley’s war poems, apart from everything else… One which has always struck me as packing a particularly visual punch is ‘Convoy’. I just made a preliminary sketch to try and work out some sort of composition. There are lots of decisions ... Read More
There are so many sides to procrastination. I have explored most of them. Eating. Not eating. Bad relationships. Good relationships. Going to the pub. Sleeping. Watching very important things on the internet which then turn into hours of drivel in what I call internet vortexes — leaving nothing finished ... Read More