irena(at)in-words.co.uk
“And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs—
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.”
(‘God’s Grandeur’)
A big thank you to Graham and Sue, and also to Fiona Moore and Mick Delap for an evening I sadly had to miss. Wonderful feedback from all those who attended.
Dear poetry friends,
Please save two dates to hear some remarkable poetry at the wonderful West Greenwich Library in the autumn…
OCTOBER 8th – a celebration of the natural world and (slightly late) of National Poetry Day – with Alex Josephy, Jane McLaughlin, Derrick Porter and Jude Rosen.
NOVEMBER 26th – an evening with poets who write in English while English is not their native language – with Natan Barreto, Isabel Bermudez and Kostya Tsolakis (and perhaps more).
More information about both events and all the poets will be posted soon.
In the meanwhile, I wish you all a happy, healthy time, the right amount of sunshine and better world news…
Irena
