Went to a poetry reading in Luton last night hosted by the Toddington Poetry Society http://www.toddingtonpoetrysociety.co.uk/ The reading was given by my friend Guy Russell. One of those strange things happened when you know someone at a social level through work but have not discovered the depth of the person that hearing their poetry brings.
Author: Caroline Davies
Couple of Poems
I had a go at several poems last night. At the moment I’m not that happy with any of them. I’m not at work tomorrow so will hopefully have the time to polish one enough to send it off. Heaven for Lyn We’ve never met in real lifeso I can’t summon her upas a physical…
Pre course exercise
The course got underway on Friday with a two part exercise. We were given two poems to read and comment on. The second part of the exercise was to write your own poem about a family member or a friend. Spent much of the weekend playing with my children but did find time to read…
Ten days to go
On 10th September I start the Poetry 2 course with poetry kit www.poetrykit.org.uk. I’m going to use this blog to keep track of my work and to provide a place to reflect over the ten weeks of the course. I’ve already been reading lots of poetry in preparation; Seamus Heaney and Robert Minhinnick in particular.…