What a wonderful evening of poetry we had a week ago! Probably the biggest and most enthusiastic audience yet, and one of our best meetings ever, with a glorious performance from Mark Haworth-Booth and some very strong contributions in the open-mic sessions.
Our next meeting will be on Monday 3rd June at 7pm in the upstairs room at The King’s Head in Wells High Street. Our guest poet will be Pratibha Castle (Miniskirts in the Waste Land, 2023) and as usual there will be open mic opportunities.
Jean Atkin writes: “Here is a vivid and sensual poetry of short lines and sharp images that carry the fortunate reader all the way from Portobello Market to Mahatma Gandhi Road in India – ‘the air a ferment// of patchouli, rotten apples’. These poems are vividly-drawn snapshots of a time, and mind, and place – and I am very much drawn in.”
Wells Litfest Poetry Competition closes on 30th June.
“The artist sets a process in motion, but the materials have the last word.”
– Michele Glazer