Here’s a link to something else I’m involved with – a local project here in Portsmouth to help with Seagrass restoration in the Solent – which is critical for marine life, and also excellent from a wider ecological perspective – Seagrass is significant for carbon capture I’m judging the poetry competition, and you can see a link here 6 days left also for the crowd funding element https://pensoftheearth.co.uk
Life gets in the way, and I have seriously neglected this blog. Not sure how / if I will carry on when it is up for renewal – something like this needs to be done properly or not at all (especially when I am paying for it!) Anyway, in the meantime, here is one of my more recent poetry pages in the Pompey programme
My poem, PO4 8RA, which appeared in the match day programme on Saturday, is the latest featured poem on the Football Poets website, which is nice. You can read it, and some of my other Pompey referencing poems here: http://footballpoets.org
Catching up on the Pompey Programme front, at least those involving my poems. Here’s one from the match on Saturday 7th October It was written as a response to a request for two words to describe what people who worked at the club thought about Portsmouth FC, and what it meant to them. An interesting exercise. Not sure the poem is one of my best, but I think it captures the sentiment. The body copy…
…still neglecting this blog, work has been really challenging (to put it mildly), but I am still writing and getting the occasional bit of success. Anyway, here’s another Pompey Programme page.
I’ve been neglecting this blog again haven’t I. Will try and post something more substantial soon, but in the meantime, here is my latest contribution to the Pompey match day programme, from the game against Exteer in midweek. We have a guest appearing in today’s programme, and Chris (the other writer involved in this project will have a poem in the following home league programme, with my next copy being in the match following –…
Looking forward to Saturday, and the first game of the season at Pompey. One of my poems, heavily edited, has been turned into a film which will be shown at the start of the first game of the season at Fratton Park. Which is nice. It won’t be in that particular match day programme, but I’m planning on having the original version in the next one (and no doubt I’ll share it here anyway, whether…
A quick mention for the deadline for Winchester Poetry Festival’s poetry competition – July 31st One of the UK’s premier competitions, and with a prize for Hampshire poets. Link below. https://www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org/prize
A quick plug for an event at the Ventnor Fringe Festival – Poetry In Black & White on July 27th (I can’t go because of work commitments, but with award winning poets Maggie Sawkins and John Agard both showcasing film work, it will be excellent. https://vfringe.co.uk/events/poetry-in-black-white/
My day job is proving very busy at the moment, so I’m just going to share a few competition post updates this week: Here’s one via Vole Books – ends on the 1st August