Evening everybody! I’m writing this from the finish line of my poetry marathon weekend, accompanied by the lovely Ben Johnson, who in fact had a poem on the blog a couple of weeks ago. Ben was visiting all the way…
Sunday Poem – Andrew McMillan
Afternoon folks. This is the first Sunday for a while that I’ve not been writing this at two minutes to midnight! Today we have gale force winds and awful rain in Barrow though, so I’ve not even bothered to get…
Review and Preview
There is a great review of ‘Cartographers’ written by a journalist called Alan Cleaver on this website: http://lakedistrictletters.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/mapping-out-theatrical-treat.html I’m looking forward to this week because I have three poetry treats lined up! Tomorrow (Tuesday) I’m going to Grasmere to hear…
Sunday Poem – Gene Barry
Evening folks. This is going to be a very short post today – towards the end of last term I lost my pen drive which had all my resources on. I remember vaguely thinking it would turn up over the…
Plays and Poetry
It’s been a mixed week this week – on Monday I went to Keswick to the Theatre by the Lake for the first rehearsal of the play ‘Cartographers’ that I’ve written part of, in association with The Alligator Club. I…
Sunday Poem – Ben Johnson
Evening everybody. Am currently sat tucked up in bed, feeling sorry for myself and my aching legs – today the hubby and I along with two friends and three dogs walked up Skiddaw. The weather forecast said strong winds but…
A week full of poetry
Evening folks. Lots has happened since last Sunday, so I thought I would blog today in the vain hope of cutting down the ginormous size of the Sunday Poem blog. I got back from my lovely friend Manon’s house very…
Sunday Poem – Helen Ivory
Evening everybody. I’ve just got back from my week at Ty Newydd – I stayed at my lovely friend Manon’s house last night. I had a fantastic week – but it is now 11.48pm and I have twelve minutes to…
Sunday Poem – John W Sexton
Evening folks. It’s only been a while since the last post here – but in between the last post and this post I’ve read at a breastfeeding festival and been hiking around Rydal Water. On Saturday I read at Ulverston…
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