December 2012 / Midwinter

November 2012

1. The Shirt - Carol Ann Duffy. Juliette

2. On Noting Down Inscriptions On War Graves Near Arras - Michael Arnold Williams. Leona

3. The Opportune Moment- Sheenagh Pugh. Juliette

4. My November Guest- - Robert Frost. Kath

October 2012

1. Newsbites - Kona Machphee. Michael

2. The Ice Cat - Wilfred Wilson Gibson. Lorraine

3. The Deaf Mutes at the Ball Game - Josephine Jackson. Leona

4. Fen Train - Kona Macphee. Michael

5. Meg Merleese - Keats. Lorraine

6. Beech Trees - Michael Ardd Williams. Leona

7. Small Pox - Kona Macphee. Michael

8. The Life That I Have - Leo Marks. Lorraine

9. Peter's Lines - Michael Arnold Williams. Leona

September 2012

Olympic & Paralympic Links

New York Times

•                Poetry's relationship with the Olympics - New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/books/review/poetrys-relationship-with-the-olympics.html?_r=2&ref=books

Poetry Parnassus 

held by The South Bank Centre. This has already happened but there is a good interactive map*** of international poems:

•                Poetry holds its own Olympics - Poetry Parnassus: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-lundberg/poetry-holds-its-own-olym_b_1637719.html?utm_hp_ref=culture&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008

•                ***Poetry Parnassus Interactive Map: verse form each Olympic Nation - Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/interactive/2012/jun/26/poetry-parnassus-interactive-map

The Written Word 

by The Scottish Poetry Library which is currently happening. Again there is a good interactive map*** with international poems:

•                About The Scottish Poetry Library Olympic Project - Creative Scotland: http://www.creativescotland.com/news/poetry-2012-the-written-world-puts-poetry-on-the-podium-for-london-2012-29022012

•                Olympics Take Poetic Turn With Scots Help: http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/books/olympics-take-poetic-turn-with-scots-help-1-2168826

•                Which Piece would you pick for the Poetry Olympics - Scottish Poetry Library - Guardian: http://m.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2012/mar/13/poetry-olympics-poem-books?cat=books&type=article

•                ***The Written World - Scottish Poetry Library: http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/about/projects-partners/written-world/about

•                ***The Written World INteractive Map: http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/about/projects-partners/written-world

Winning Worlds at the Olympic Park

There is also poetry by well known poets around the Olympic Park (it comes under the Winning Words project i think). Here is some more info about it all:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/winning-lines-can-poetry-inspire-team-gb-at-london-2012-olympics-7939233.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-lundberg/london-olympics-poetry_b_1316637.html

http://blogs.metro.co.uk/olympics/winning-words-poetry-olympic-park/

"Winning Words | Winning Words is a public art project to create new encounters with poetry during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games. We want to enable everyone to experience poetry in exciting ways and to create a legacy of inspiring words for the nation to enjoy."

The Winning Words Website: www.winningwordspoetry.com

The Poetry at The Olympic Park: http://www.winningwordspoetry.com/celebrating-london-2012/

A Few Extra's

A bloggers account of of the Poetry Parnassus, Poetry Connections with the Olympics...

http://good4sports.wordpress.com/2012/07/02/olympian-poetry/

Also an audio account you can listen to of the rain of poems at the South Bank recently:

http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2012/s3534307.htm

•                Videos of poetry read over sports days:  http://www.winningwordspoetry.com/videos/

•                Written copies of the poems read on the video's above:  http://www.winningwordspoetry.com/poems/

Link to Carol Ann Duffy's Recent Olympic Poem: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/aug/10/carol-ann-duffy-olympics-london?newsfeed=true

Link that Phil sent on after July's meeting: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/aug/10/carol-ann-duffy-olympics-london?fb=optOut

Olympic / Paralympic Links

General Olympic / Paralympic site: http://www.london2012.com/

•                Guardian - Preparation for the Paralympics begin: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/13/london-2012-paralympic-preparations-begin?newsfeed=true

•                Guardian - What are the Paralympics: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/23/paralympics-2012-marc-wood

•                London 2012 - Paralympics Schedule / Info:  http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/

•                Channel 4 - Paralympic Coverage: http://paralympics.channel4.com/

August 2012 / Paralympics

Paralympics Theme

1. Paralympics 2012 - Everything You Need To Know But Maybe Afraid To Ask - Marc Woods Article from The Guardian. Juliette

2. Speech Absent - Richard Price. Leona

3. Kingfisher - Richard Price. Leona

4. Swim Your Own Race - Mbali Vilakazi. Lorraine
Poem about Nathalie Dutoit - Paralympian

5. It Couldn't Be Done - Edgar Guest. Juliette

6. Hedge Sparrow - Richard Price. Leona
Performed by Jim Broadbent on BBC Olympics Poetry Programme

7. The Arrow and The Song - Longfellow. Claire

8. Going For Silver - David Duncombe. Juliette

9. Gold - unsure of Poet. Lorraine

10. Translating The British 2012 - Carol Ann Duffy. Juliette

July 2012 / Olympics

Olympic Theme

1. 2012 - A Poem on the Olympic Games (didn't catch Poet). Lorraine

2. The Running Man - Mr Gee. Juliette

3. Training Run - Adam Horovitz. Phil

4. Eton Manor - Carol Ann Duffy. Lorraine

5. great North - Collette Price. Phil

6. Pheidippedes Daughter - Gillian Clarke (for Catrin). Phil

7. Going For Gold - Mr Gee. Juliette

June 2012 / Midsummer

Midsummer Theme

1. Under Sirius - WH Auden. Richard

2. To a Ladybird - Sarah Maguire. Steve

Taken from Jubilee Lines 60 years of 60 Poets.

3. Snowgeese Solstice - Susan Richardson. Michael

4. Summer Sun - Robert Louis Stephenson. Lorraine

5. Seasons - Christina Rosetti. Claire

6. Song 212 - Oleh Lysheha. Kath & Marina

7. Atlas - Carol Ann Duffy. Juliette

May 2012

1. Slush Pile - Susan Richardson. Lorraine

2. Two Paths - Jo Bell. Michael

3. The New Babies - Paul Farley. Steve

4. Untitled - Wordsworth. Richard

5. Upon Westminster Bridge - Wordsworth. Richard

6. The Thames - Carol Ann Duffy. Juliette

From Jubilee Lines: 60 Poets for 60 Years Ed. by Carol Ann Duffy

7. My Son On Castell Dinas - Christopher Meredith. Leona

April 2012

1. A Birthday - Christina Rossetti. Lorraine

2. Rebel's Progress - Tom Earley. Michael

3. Two Trees - Don Patterson. Steve

4. Come Close and Sleep Now - Roger McGough. Hannah

5. Sandpiper - Elizabeth Bishop. Richard

6. Inversnaid - Gerard Manly Hopkins. Richard

7. Elvis's Twin Sister - Carole Ann Duffy. Lorraine

8. Warning - Jenny Joseph. Lorraine

9. Incitement to Disobidience - Tom Earley. Michael

10. Too Much Reading - Tom Earley. Michael

11. Mrs. Darwin - Carole Ann Duffy. Lorraine

12. A Subaltern's Love - John Betjeman. Richard

13. Slough - John Betjeman. Richard

March 2012

Theme: Poems from Wales (2)

1. Beauty - Edward Thomas. Claire

2. Notes on the Art of Poetry - Dylan Thomas. Lorraine

3. History - Owen Shears. Kathryn

4. Ocean - Anon. Jennifer

5.Return to Cardiff - Dannie Abse. Hannah

6. Meeting Place - Gwyn Thomas. Juliette

Richard Burton reads Welsh Incident

March 2012 World Book Day

Theme: Poems from Wales (1)

1. Miracle on St Davids Day - Gillian Clarke. Steve

2. Rebels Progress - Tom Early. Michael

3. All Day It has Rained - Alun Lewis. Hilary

4. Welsh Incident - Robert Graves. Juliette

5. The Miners - Wilfred Owen. Jen

6. The Daffodils - Waldo Williams. Phil

7. The Moor - RS Thomas. Richard

8. The Bright Field - RS Thomas. Terrence

9. The Rhondda - Alun Lewis. Lorraine


Session at Chapter Arts Centre 

March 1st St Davids Day - Part of World Book Day

February 2012

1. Robot Boy - Tim Burton. Phil
From The Melancholy Death of the Oyster Boy
2. Poetry - Pablo Neruda. Lorraine
3. On Hold - Victoria Flute. Juliette
From Through Corridors of Light
4. Somewhere I Have Never Travelled - e.e. cummings. Hannah
5. Untitled - Arseniy Tarkosvsky. Lloyd
6. Oh Tell Me the Truth About Love. W.H Auden. Steve
7. Love After Love - Derek Walcott. Claire
8. Lullaby - Rosemary Normal. Lynda
9. The Burial of the Dead. T.S. Eliot. Les
From The Wasteland
10. Voodoo Girl - Tim Burton. Phil
11. Happiness - Raymond Carver. Claire
12. Late Fragment - Raymond Carver. Steve

Burns Night Scottish Poetry

I'm reading on this Scottish Crowdsourced Poetry Audio Book:http://bit.ly/yA0DgQ

as part of Glasgow Social Media Week for Burns Night (a few nights ago i know!)

It's created by SpokenHerd http://www.spokenherd.co.uk/

Here's how it was made too: http://bit.ly/x7S4XO

Enjoy!

T.S. Eliot Prize Links

Links I found on the Internet about the T.S. Eliot Prize:

Preview

• The Friday Poem Special: T.S. Eliot Prize Preview - Huffington Post UK

Audio Recordings

• T.S. Eliot Prize Readings (Audio) - Huffington Post UK

• John Burnside wins TS Eliot poetry prize: Guardian Books Podcast

The Winner

• John Burnside on T.S. Eliot Prize - The Telegraph

• John Burnside wins most controversial TS Eliot prize in decades - Guardian

Controversy

• Withdrawals from T.S. Prize: Alice Oswald - Guardian / John Kinsella - Guardian

January 2012

1. John Burnside on T.S. Eliot Prize - Telegraph Article Juliette

2. In The National Museum - John Tripp. Michael

3. The Quartet (Pt 3) - T.S. Eliot. Lorraine

4. Poem from Nostalgia (film directed by Andrey Tarkovsky) - poem written by his father. Lloyd

5. Late Show - John Burnside. Juliette

6. Sonnets 27 & 47 - Shakespeare. Hannah

7. Happiness - Raymond Carver. Steve

December 2011

1. Talking Turkey's - Benjamin Zephaniah. Michael

2. On A Good Day - Joanna Newsom (Lyrics). Lloyd

Taken from album Have One On Me

3. Wild Geese - Mary Oliver. Lorraine

4. My Mother Dressing - Toi Derricotte. Juliette

5. The Snow Man - Wallace Steven. Richard

6. Skating On The Lake - William Wordsworth. Steve

7. The Wicked Fairy At The Manger - Ua Fanthorpe. Michael

Podcast

Podcast link to Armistice Day Podcast. Now and Then - Andrew Motion was taken from here.

November 2011

1. Now and Then - Andrew Motion. Juliette

2. Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening - Robert Frost. Glenda

3. A Martian Sends A Postcard Home - Craig Raine. Steve

4. Prayer - Carol Ann Duffy. Richard

5. The Sea - Esther Morgan. Lloyd

6. Ode To My Socks - Pablo Neruda. Lorraine

7. Un-named - Rainer Maria Rilke. Claire