September 2014 / National Poetry Day Celebrations

Theme: 'Remember'

1. Interviewing the Last Two Speakers - Sheenagh Pugh. Michael

2. Jewels In My Hand - Sasha Moorsom (Jan 25th 1931 - June 22nd 1993). Bel

3. Mae'r Pasiant Trosodd - W J Grufydd (Welsh & English translation). Chris

4. Gabriel (first 30+ stanzas) - Edward Hirsch. Juliette

5. Forgetfulness - Billy Colins. Steve

6. Remember To Forget* - Albashir Adam Alhassan. Linda

7. My Grandmother - Elizabeth Jennings. Lorraine

8. Galbraith Street - Ron Sexsmith (lyrics). Lloyd

9. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (lyrics). Bex

10. Jakes Turtle - Chase Twichell. Leona

11. Memory of My Father - Patrick Kavanagh. Julie

*The Alhassan text is a plagiarism of a Christian devotional poem (likely to be of Southern Baptist origin) that has been knocking around as an Internet meme at least since the early 00’s - Chris

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National Poetry Day

Thursday October 2nd 2014

Link Resources:

http://www.forwardartsfoundation.org/national-poetry-day/what-is-national-poetry-day/

http://www.forwardartsfoundation.org/national-poetry-day/poetry-and-poets/

http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/info/npd/

http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/resources/n/nationalpoetryday.asp

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/national-poetry-day-live-77202

Twitter: @PoetryDayUK

June 2014 / Dylan Thomas Centenary

Theme: Dylan Thomas Centenary Celebrations

1. Make me a Mask - Dylan Thomas. Claire

2. Being But Men - Dylan Thomas. Lorraine

3. Love In An Asylum - Dylan Thomas. Bex

4. Note on the Art of Poetry - Dylan Thomas. Linda

5. I Have Longed To Move Away - Dylan Thomas. Dave

6. Reminiscences Of Childhood (1/1) - Dylan Thomas. Julie

7. Clown in the Moon - Dylan Thomas. Bridget

8. In My Craft Or Sullen Art - Dylan Thomas. Alex

9. In the Beginning - Dylan Thomas. Leona

10. And Death Shall Have No Dominion - Dylan Thomas. Juliette

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2014 celebrates our charismatic Welsh poet, playwright and writer Dylan Thomas's Centenary Year. Dylan 'made words sound like music. People would be reduced to tears as they heard his writing performed' (source CBBC Newsround).

Helpful Links:

http://www.poemhunter.com/dylan-thomas/

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/dylan-thomas

http://www.internal.org/Dylan_Thomas

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/dylan-thomas

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/dylan-thomas#about

http://dylanthomas100.org/english/about/dylan-day-poems/

http://dylanthomas100.org/
http://www.dylanthomas.com/

http://www.developingdylan100.co.uk/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-27557188

March 2014 / World Poetry Day

Theme: Celebrating World Poetry Day

1. Three Coins In A Fountain - TBC (Italian). Lorraine

2. Penelope I'm Addicted To You - Phoebe Giannisi (Greek). Kath

3. Poor Speaker - Sonnet L'Abbe* (French Canadian). Juliette

4. Neighbours - Benjamin Zephaniah (British Jamaican). Linda (interesting to watch this and interview with BZ)

5. Cabel Ship - Harry Martinsong (Swedish). Michael

6. The Snowman - Wallace Stevens (American). Donald

7. My Life In Stillness - Philip K Dick (American). Bex

8. TBC (Italian). Lorraine 

9. A Friendly Death - Harry Martinson (Swedish). Michael

10. A Dish of Peaches - Wallace Stevens (American). Donald

11. Love - Sonnet L'Abbe* (French Canadian). Juliette


* Here is the 'Canada, When is your Birthday?' poem / 150 years project i mentioned that Sonnet L'Abbe was doing.


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Links on World Poetry Day
http://www.un.org/en/events/poetryday/
http://globaldimension.org.uk/calendar/event/4923
http://bernardyoung.wordpress.com/2014/01/05/world-poetry-day-friday-21-march-2014/


Links on World Poetry
http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/info/links/international/

http://www.lyrikline.org/en/home/

http://www.pmpoetry.com/worldb.shtml

http://www.poetrystation.org.uk/search/titles/

http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/197

http://matadornetwork.com/life/8-of-the-worlds-most-moving-spoken-word-pieces/

Links on Form
http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/197

December 2013 (no theme)

1. The Christmas Market - Mike Harding. Lorraine

2. A Nativity - Simon Armitage. Kath

3. Ontario - Eddi Reader. Alex

4. Interrogating Depression - Raymond Antrobus. Juliette

5. Late - Christopher Reid. Sheila

6. As I Walked Out One Evening - WH Auden. Bridget

7. Winter - Gerald Manley Hopkins. Julie

8. Degausser - Brand New. Bex

9. Still I Rise - Maya Angelou. Linda

10. 2 poems (TBC) from Now & Then - Adnan al-Sayegh / Jenny Lewis. Leona

September 2013 / RS Thomas

THEME: RS Thomas Centenary Year Celebrations

1. Poetry For Supper - RS Thomas. Michael

2. The Children's Song - RS Thomas. Lorraine

3. The View from the Window - RS Thomas. Kath

4. He and She - RS Thomas. Juliette

5. The Empty Church - RS Thomas. Michael

6. Welsh Landscape - RS Thomas. Kath

7. The Cure - RS Thomas. Juliette

8. Threshold - RS Thomas. Michael

June 2013 / Midsummer

Theme: Midsummer

1. For The Spirit - William Letford. Leona

2. A True Account of Talking to the Sun - Frank O'Hara. Steve

3. Summer - Cesare Pavese. Ian

4. The Summer I Was Sixteen - Geraldine Connolly. Lorraine

5. Hare Pie - Chris Torrance. Julie

6. Water - Leslie Norris. Chris

7. Strawberries - Edwin Morgan. Sandra

8. The Catch - Simon Armitage. Juliette

9. Poppies in July - Sylvia Plath. Amanda

10. Epithalamion - Dannie Abse. Amy

11. Everyone Sang - Siegfried Sassoon. Hannah

March 2013 / World Poetry Day

THEME: New, Emerging & Current Poets

1. Analysis - John Welch. Phil (Going to read Jack Pascoe but left book at home)

2. Back To Bed - Rhian Edwards (from Clueless Dogs). Kath

3. On Returning a Child to her Mother at the Natural History Museum - Kathryn Maris (in Tokens for the Foundlings: edited by Tony Curtis). Leona

4. The Glorious Fellowship of Migraineurs - Polly Atkin. Amy

5. Man & Dog - Eve Pearce. Amanda

6. Missing It - Daniel Brown. Stephen

7. The Cheeseroom - Judy Brown. David

8. In The End - Clare Potter (from Spilling History). Ruth

9. The Town In This Dream - Raymond Antrobus. Juliette

10. The Shoe - Diana Brodie. Lorraine

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