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| Mumbles Pier, flying the flag for poetry? |
I'm wondering if the postman will bring anything poetic in his bag this morning.
I hope you may be attending an event to mark the day. I would like to highlight one actual event, a reading by eco-poet, Susan Richardson, and short story writer, Susie Wild, at the Cake Gallery in Mumbles, Swansea (tickets from Cover to Cover ).
I would also like to draw attention to one virtual event, Wendy Webb's Online Poetry Slam on Facebook, which is already underway. I'm not sure whether the FB event is an 'open' one, but I found it via the search box (and yes, I had an invitation. too!).
Ju Shardlow, writing a plea for old poetry in The Guardian, notices that modern forms - rap, performance, slam, podcast etc. - have pride of place this year. 'Just 10 of the 168 events listed on the National Poetry Day website have any connection with a world pre-Eliot. Ten,' she adds. How do we feel about this?
The web is full of blogposts, newspaper articles ... and celebratory poems. I will post a pick'n'mix selection of links below. Enjoy!
- The Poetry Society
- The Southbank Centre
- National Poetry Day in Wales
- Poetry Day spells all-age fun: click here to listen to Sarah James and her ideal 'home'
- BBC Wales
- 'Poetry is ... mathematics' Steve Jones in The Telegraph. Agree?
- I'm all for green digital 'solutions' - but where does this leave the book?
- Roger McGough on the Greenbelt blog
- NPD at Dove Dottage
- A poem at last! (Norman MacCaig)
- Salt Publishing suggest we should 'seize the day'
- The Prime Minister's choice
... many of us who engage with poetry will have our own answers to the following question, but what does poetry mean to you? If I receive enough one-word answers, I will post my favourite ones in a word cloud ... (dream on?).
Does poetry need a special day? But of course. Let's party ...
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