I am Alison Hramiak: poet, writer and tutor. Welcome to my web site: a place where you can discover more about me and my writing. A place to share my love of poetry.
I spend my time writing poetry, reviewing and editing poetry, and delivering 1:1 tuition in a variety of subjects at all levels. I have been published in journals and anthologies and on various websites including Forward Poetry collections, New Contexts, Dirigible Balloon, Impspired, and The Causley Trust as well as a number of anthologies dedicated to charities.
I edit and review poetry for Consilience, which explores the space where scientists and the arts meet. I review books for ‘together in the uk’, a place where migrants and refugees share their stories and receive advice, as well as for ‘grist – a journal of the literary arts’. My reviews have also been published in ‘The Other Side of hope’, a UK-based literary magazine edited by migrants. When I’m not writing or reviewing poetry, I write and read about history, and review history books for ‘The Historical Association’.
I write poetry because I believe that there is a beauty in language that poetry unwraps, one which reaches out like a sound that resonates, and which, in doing so, helps others to feel less alone. I write poetry to express my feelings and to convey a message about the things I feel strongly about. I write poetry because I love it.
If you’d like me to write something for you, or to review and edit for you, please contact me on LinkedIn or on Facebook.
Vampires play football too
There was a young vampire called Rad,
who had a famous dad, called Vlad.
After school, when Rad rushed home to play footie,
My dad was poetry to me
The man who taught me to ride a bike,
(by pretending he was still holding on) is gone.
The man who taught me how to drive his car,
On a night so deep you can taste it
On a night so deep you can taste it,
I read your letter, aloud.
Quietly.