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A poem for National Poetry Day themed around truth. The poem is called Blancmange by Nikki Wordsmith which includes the poignant Brexit referencing line 'Words don’t like to be abused on a politician’s tongue'...

In the oppressive public heat of Margaret Atwood’s much awaited new book The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, Nikki Wordsmith compiles a quick list of 12 things you didn’t know about her......

When the self-invented gonzo and sports journalist's career was allegedly in a terminal nose dive he wrote this piece for his Hey Rube column in the couple of days after the planes hit the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, because as he says 'even ESPN were broadcasting war news'....

A 1996 poem by Nikki Wordsmith that demonstrates her prowess on how to use common, comparative and superlative adjectives. Sort of. ...

Dear You, you might well wonder what are the benefits of working with a writer? I often have thought that myself. Why would I employ me? But when you get into it and see the differences between words that serve as a function and words that are borne out of good writing,...