The next session of Silver Street Poetry is on Friday 25th October, when our guest poet will be border poet, Tina Cole. Please bring a poem to share in the open mic. Venue: St Stephen's Church, central Bristol: 12.30 to 2pm Suggested entrance charge: £4 or what you can afford. And wrap up warm!
It's National Poetry Day and the theme is 'Counting', so let me count all the ways an estrangement might be instigated. 'Love the Albatross' is available from Indigo Dreams Publishing or me. indigodreamspublishing.com/deborah-harvey
Don't look behind, they say: You'll turn to salt. Why not, though? Why not look? Isn't it glittery? Isn't it pretty, back there? 'Salt' Margaret Atwood (from Dearly, Chatto and Windus, 2020)
The launch of 'Love the Albatross' (IDP) on the John Sebastian Lightship, Bristol - poetry about estrangement. Thank you so much to everyone who came along. deborahharvey.blogspot.com/2024/09/laun...
Went for a leisurely, post-launch walk in the woods this morning, where Cwtch and I found this yew tree multi-tasking as a metaphor