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| me (left), Jan Dean (middle) Alwyn Marriage (right, with red bag) |
We have just returned from a wonderful launch and reading event at the Cookham Festival in Cookham Dean, Berkshire. A big thank you to all who organised the evening.
The launch with readings took place in the Village Hall at Cookham Dean, which is opposite Cookham Moor, a large area of grass (like a village green) in the care of the National Trust.
We arrived very early, not wanting to be late on account of the Friday rush hour in Maidenhead, which gave us the chance to visit the churchyard and Church of John the Baptist.
There were several Red Kites overhead, but they were a bit fast for my camera!
This is the evocative view of the churchyard, with the Berkshire countryside rolling out into the distance.
We felt there were a lot of excellent poems read out during the evening. Congratulations to those whose work has been shortlisted for the three Stanley Spencer Competition prizes, which will be awarded on Friday 19 May. Eleven out of the 79 poems in the anthology made the shortlist. 79 out of over 200 entries made the anthology.
I read my poem, which was inspired by Spencer's painting, 'The harbour, St Ives' (1937).
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| St Ives - rather an old photo as I haven't been there for rather a long time! |
- The anthology costs £9.99, and can be bought from Two Rivers Press - here
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