Tag: shared reading

events

not making lemonade, but…

Feb 1, 2021 #community, #fun, #grief, #joy, #laugh, #loss, #mourning, #poem, #poems, #poetry, #reading, #reading together, #shared reading, #sharing, #the 42 group, #together by Lucy Crispin

I took down the “events” page from this site in about May last year. Reading and other engagements were cancelled, of course, and though I’ve taken part in some online launches and Youtube events, it’s not the same as meeting in person. Sharing a room and a poem with others has a real magic in it, and forgoing that has been one of the many losses of The Current Situation; tiny, perhaps, but real. As Cilla might have said, there’s a lorra lorra lemons about at the moment.

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poetry appreciation

reading together…

Nov 22, 2019 #poem, #poems, #poetry appreciation, #reading, #shared reading, #words by Lucy Crispin

I am excited about this column. It’s going to be a place for sharing and rejoicing in poetry—for celebrating the joy, power and wonder of words.

Every week there’ll be a new post about whatever poem, or idea about poetry, has currently got hold of my imagination. Get in touch: let me know what’s got hold of you—what you’re reading; what has delighted, engaged, enraged or puzzled you. Let me know, too, if there’s anything in particular you’d like me to read, or write about.

I’ll be starting our poetry conversation tomorrow, when I’ll be reflecting on how ‘poetry makes the invisible appear’. Until then…

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