Poetry

Zooming to Woking

A quick post this morning with a link to a recording of a poetry open mic that I read at last week – this was at the always excellent Write Out Loud Woking, which happens on the last Thursday of each month. I read four poems in total – it was supposed to be 5 minutes maximum, and with my waffle between poems I went over – having run open-mic events in the days before…

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Football Poets Part 2

After Bird in Hand was published on the Football Poets website, it got a mention on an article on the Write Out Loud website. Which was nice. The article is primarily about Torquay United’s poet in resident. I wonder if Pompey have one? Perhaps I should offer my services…you can read all about the Bard of Plainmoor here https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=112181&fbclid=IwAR0DJ8iAd39J2vkCews7sd1i1YWio5EOBcolmfyNYXh4qJblTUMslTVCJmQ There’s a link in the article to a recording of me reading Followers, plus three other…

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Landings – Fourth Review

The fourth, and as I write, last but one, review of Landings, was by Greg Freeman for the Write Out Loud website. Greg finished the review with the following summary;  yes, this is a collection about trains, and boats, and stadiums, and even stationery. But Richard Williams is capable of looking much further and often does; he has his eye beyond the shore of his “city by the sea”, gazing out to the horizon. You…

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