Afternoon everybody! I am having a very lazy Sunday today hence the blog happening whilst there is still daylight. And by lazy Sunday I have decided to get jobs done today that I can do using my laptop and sitting…
St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere – Collaborative Project
Evening folks. A couple of weeks ago I took part in a project at St Oswald’s Church in Grasmere. A group of 14 Cumbrian/Lancaster poets wrote poems about the church and then the Lakes Collective group created art work inspired…
Sunday Poem – Jennifer Copley
Evening folks. This week has been a relatively quiet week in that I have not been rushing off anywhere at the weekend, which was a bit of a relief actually, as it has been a bit manic here through September. …
Launch of Jennifer Copley’s new book ‘Sisters’
Evening folks. This is just to let you all know that the fabulous Jennifer Copley is launching her new collection ‘Sisters’ on the 12th October, this Saturday at the Beach Hut Gallery at Kents Bank Station at 2.30pm. This is…
Sunday Poem – Roy Marshall
Good evening folks. Yes, yes, I know it is not Sunday anymore. Sunday got away from me unfortunately, which is why I’m writing this on Monday…I have been on another Poetry Marathon over a long weekend and have had a…
Sunday Poem – Maitreyabandhu
Evening folks. It looks like I’m back into my old bad habits of posting very late on Sunday night! This week has been so wonderfully full of poetry, I feel like I might burst at the minute. On Tuesday I…
Sunday Poem – Mike Di Placido
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…