A couple of short poems that appeared on a tweet last week – from the latest edition of Renesme Literary (a Twitter based publication). They are part of a sequence of primarily prose based poems, with a few hiabun thrown in, linking themes around driving, childhood, mental health and Tangerine Dream. Mainstream it isn’t! The sequence is now done, so it’s a case of working out how to get it published now.
THE JUBILEE HALL, NEW PARK CENTRE, CHICHESTER, PO19 7XY All are welcome on the last Wednesdays of most months to hear a visiting guest poet followed by an open mic. You can sign up on the door to read to a supportive and appreciative audiences. Headlining on Wednesday March 29th at 7.30pm they welcome Brighton poet Robert Hamberger, nominated for the Polari Prize, reading from his collection Blue Wallpaper.
This year’s Binstead Poetry Competition is open for just under a month for entries. Part of the South Downs Poetry Festival, it closes on 15th April Details here http://www.sdpf.org.uk/competition/
Regular open mic event at The Wedgwood Rooms (which I’ve never actually managed to get to!) – those who have done so have told me that it’s a welcoming event where all are supported. Details on their Facebook page, which I’ll share here – the next date if you are interested is March 27th. As with other events, I will try to share future events here, but life gets in the way sometimes! https://www.facebook.com/events/3475925412652442
I thought I’d do a quick search on local events and add them to my blog here. If nothing else it gives a little more visibility to poetry in the local area There is a poetry and piano event happening at Medina Books in Cowes on the Isle of Wight on the 21st March at 7 PM. Details here: https://medinabookshop.com/event/poetry-piano
Maggie Sawkins is reading from her latest collection at Pigeon Books in Southsea on Thursday, March 16th. Am hoping to make it but have a chest infection. Anyway, all details here of you are interested:
I’ve had around 130 poems appear in print, (magazines and anthologies), or in online publications, whilst others have appeared on the radio or in film. Plus one collection (Landings, still available from my publisher or directly from me). So I have had good levels of success, that is, when I have managed to get my act together. However, there are lots of magazines that I’ve wanted to have work appear in, but where I have…
I mentioned in a previous post about a collaborative project I was involved with, combining photography with poetry here in Portsmouth A quick mention that this exhibition is still available to see at Southsea Cinema in Palmerston Road. There is a reading event on Sunday, February 26th, at which I am planning on attending (if I can make it – I have other plans that day which might make getting there on time a bit…
THE JUBILEE HALL, NEW PARK CENTRE, CHICHESTER, PO19 7XY All welcome on the last Wednesdays of most months to hear a visiting guest poet followed by an open mic. You can sign up on the door to read to a supportive and appreciative audience. On Wednesday February 22nd 2023 at 7.30pm they welcome the leading lights of Dempsey & Windle poetry publishers Janice Windle and Donall Dempsey, (who published my first collection), reading their latest…
I was involved in this project, which used the work of a professional photographer as a starting points for poems, which were then turned into postcards. The nature of this meant that poets had to keep the poems to a short length. I’ll post my poem that made the cut, perhaps with one that didn’t, at a later date. But if you are interested in finding out more about the project, then there are events…