Walt Whitman with Graham Fawcett and Susan Aldred

April 18, 2018

I’m embarrassed to admit it again: no photos of this superb event… Listening to Graham and Susan reading from Whitman’s copious, generous and expansive writings, and also hearing about his life , about what influenced him and about those who were so deeply influenced by him was like listening to musical chiaroscuro, a dialogue between fine-tuned instruments bringing to life this poet whose capacity to love (nature, men and women) was so absolute. No wonder I forgot to take pictures!

And if you wish to read something quite surprising, have a look at this… A Whitman ‘society’ in Bolton, Lancashire! http://www.paulsalveson.org.uk/whitmania/

We said a (temporary?) farewell to the Crypt – with many thanks to Cilla, Guy and Liz for making it easier to set up my events there – as Graham is returning to Greenwich for his next two lectures (September 11 and November 13), also with Susan Aldred. See bottom of ‘Events’ column.

Events

It’s been an exciting and stimulating run of poetry events these last nine months – with such varied voices making us smile, laugh and feel moved, and always spellbound.

Thank-you to all of you who’ve attended, and of course to the staff at the splendid West Greenwich Library.

But now a break for the summer, and before we know it, the next ‘season’ will start. Hope to see you then. In the meantime, have a good summer!

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 2 at West Greenwich Library – ‘Wildings, Edgelands and Elsewheres’. Poetry with Jude Rosen, Derrick Porter and Jemma Borg

TUESDAY OCTOBER 7 at West Greenwich Library – Fiona Moore, Gale Burns and Lisa Kelly

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11 at West Greenwich Library – tbc