Reading with MA Creative Writing students, 11/12/13

Reading by Sue, Maj, Kathy, Jane, Josie, Carole and Martin

Reading

Kathy Miles read at the Second Light Poetry Festival at the Art Workers Guild, London, on 21st November 2013, as part of the adjudication for their 2013 Poetry Competition. Her poem, Gardening With Deer, won first prize in the Short Poem category: http://www.secondlightlive.co.uk/

Special event: Poems and Pints in Lampeter hosted by Red Heron and Lampeter Writers Workshop, 10 December

For the final meeting of term, a special event - we will be hosting the Poems and Pints group from Carmarthen for a joint reading at the King's Head, Lampeter, 7.30pm onwards

Admission: free! (ignore the poster)

All welcome. especially students

Poetry competition and reading, Poems and Pints Carmarthen, 25/11/13

All are invited to take part in the Poems and Pints competition- for a three-minute poem on "The Other Side".   All entries to be read at the next Poems and Pints meeting, Queen's tavern, Carmarthen, 25 November, with a prize of £80 plus dinner plus a guest spot at a future Poems and Pints.

Book signing for The Moth Box by Sue Moules, Bookworm, Aberaeron, 23/11/13

https://www.facebook.com/events/585076518207574/

1pm-2pm

Cellar Bards, Cardigan, open mic with special guest Sue Moules, 29/11/13

https://www.facebook.com/events/606831229358805/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

£3 entry/raffle

starts 8pm

Another experiment: A poetic powerpoint

Seven cities -a poem read by Martin Locock from mlocock

http://www.slideshare.net/mlocock/seven-cities-a-poem-read-by-martin-locock
(I'm trying to fix the audio version at the moment)

Book launch and reading, 17 October, Lampeter

Sue Moules will be launching her latest collection The Moth Box at the Mustard Seed Cafe, College Road, Lampeter, at 6pm on 17 October.

All welcome.

The Moth Box, 

We have caught the night. 

It sleeps in here,

pulled in by light.

We open it in day,

take out the shapes

and name them.

Scorched Wing, Tussock,

White Ermine, Marbled Coronet, 

Green Carpet, Phoenix.

We lift them out,

look at them through hand lenses, 

marvel at their intricacy.

We leave them in the shade

to sleep out,

they merge into garden.

Later, they will flap in quick quivers,

heat their delicate tiled wings,

soar into the dark.

 Message from Sue: Thank you RED HERON for coming to my book launch last night.

Photos: Cara Bendon and Jack Bendon

Poetry reading: National Poetry day, Thursday 3rd October

This year's National Poetry Day is on 3rd October  at 7.30pm in the Old Hall, as last year - all welcoem to bring some poems.

I have advertised the reading at WriteOutLoud and the National Poetry Day website but spread the word too.

Anyone who'd like a copy of the poster for priniting let me know.

Readers: Tess, Martin, Kathy, Sue, Maj, Carol, Jane and Patrick

Dylan Thomas International Summer School 2014

Red Heron reading, 2nd July tbc

Poetry reading, 14 September, Strata Florida -launch of Poetry from Strata Florida anthology

As part of Cadw's Poets and Princes day being arranged by Dafydd Johnston and CAWCS

Organiser: Martin

Confrmed readers:

Red Heron - Martin,  Kathy, Josie

Others - Dafydd Johnston, Caroline Gill

BEIRDD A THYWYSOGION/ /POETS AND PRINCES

AbatyYstrad Ffllur/ Strata Florida Abbey

10.30 Ann Parry Owen     Manuscripts and princes

11.15   Alaw Mai Edwards   Food in medieval Welsh poetry

12.00  Martin Locock   Guided tour of the Abbey

13.00 Lunch: Food stall by Cegin Cartref

14.00  Book launch, Poetry from Strata Florida, with readings by Dafydd Johnston, and poets  

15.00 Martin Locock   Guided tour of the Abbey

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Admission £3.50

Medieval pottery and printing all day

Read Caroline Gill's  report of the day 

Poetry reading, 13 September, PENfro Book Festival 2013, Rhosygilwen Mansion, near Cardigan

Friday evening, with The Cellar Bards and Tim Wells

http://penfrobookfestival.org.uk/

Red Heron organiser: Sue

Red Heron reading Friday 13 Sept as part of PENfro festival,

in the Oak Hall

as part of Cellar Bards and Friends:

8-8.30: SWR and poetry comp winners

8.30-8.50: Tim Wells - guest poet

8.50-9.20: Haiku and Hipflasks

9.20- 9.50: PENfro poets

BREAK

10.10-10.30: Tim Wells

10.30-11: Red Heron

11-11.30: Cellar Bards

Readers:  Martin. Sue, Carol, Maj, Josie, Kathy, Jane

Message to Mars (haiku)

NASA will be including a DVD of haiku wriiten by the public in their next probe sent to Mars.

Closing date 1 July.

Meet the members: Martin Locock

I joined the group in 2011 when I started work at University of Wales Trinity Saint David.  I have been writing poems for years but find the chance to discuss the craft in detail has made a huge difference to my writing style.

My favourite poetic form is the haiku and my favourite poet is Philip Larkin.

I moved to Wales in 1991 and live near Ammanford.  I run Carreg Ffylfan Press which has published the Poetry from Strata Florida anthology as well as my own collections, Carefully Chosen Words, Travels with a Notebook, and Removals.

I have done some research on reflective practice and run workshops for PSMW Academi Wales, and have enjoyed being poet in residence at the Wales Public Service Summer School.
 

Meet the members: Kathy Miles

I've been involved with the group from the beginning. I was born in Liverpool, and now work as Outreach Services

Librarian at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David. I write poetry, short stories and monologues, and have published three books: The Rocking Stone (Poetry Wales Press), The Third Day: Landscape and the Word (Gomer) and The Shadow House (Cinnamon Press). My work has also appeared in numerous poetry magazines and anthologies. The workshop has given me the opportunity to develop my writing and provides valuable feedback from experienced members of the group, many of whom are also published writers.

Five line poem: Oozing with summer

Maj's poem was too long to fit on a business card so here it is:


Oozing with summer

She steps into a cotton slip
Breasts held softly in strong white
Sweet lilac drifts in lazy through the window as
Somewhere in the distance the busy buzz of a lawnmower fades away
I sit on the bed watching, baited

WISPA

WISPA is the Welsh/Irish Spoken Poetry Alliance.Red Heron is now a member. This means that we will be able to share the experience of inviting Irish poets to our Tuesday night meetings for either a workshop or a reading, and in return writers from our group,and other local groups will be able to read in Ireland. All we have to do is provide accommodation for the visiting writer, and transport the writer on to the next venue. It sounds exciting. WISPA was launched on Saturday 1st June at Wexford Arts Centre with the Welsh/Irish I Slam so I Am event.

Poetry reading 27 July, Lampeter

We are reading as part of the Lampeter Food Festival



Organiser: Josie

Venue: the quadrangle

Suggestion that we have a series of 10-minute slots among the music, with poems about food or festivals


Readers: Jane, Maj, Gilly, Sue, Kathy

Audience feedback:

I don't normally do poetry, I don't like it very much, but I was surprised, I really enjoyed it, and well done to everyone who read.


I didn't know there was going to be poetry at the Food Festival, but I really appreciated you guys reading, it was great to have poetry there, and I loved everything that was read. It was a real treat.


 

Poem for Tony

The Quiet American

For Tony Kendrew

Just as the swifts swoop in

and the woods are awash

with bluebells, Anthony

is leaving Trinity Saint David.

I remember the first time

he entered the Wolfson room

tall as a Lombardy poplar

eyes the colour of fiords

and weather in his voice.

Around this table of poets

this circle of friends

he has listened

with the ear of a birder

and heard

all the notes behind the words.

Amanda Pickering

21/5/13

Is the slim volume dead?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/24/salt-poetry-market-slump

Interesting article about Salt abandoning single-author poetry books.   In a way this isn't that surprising - even people whoe write poetry don't buy many books, and I think one major issue is that while people do buy novels online sight unseen, you really need to browse through a poetryt book befoe you buy it, so now there aren't many bookshops, and those there are don't stock poetry, nobody will.

A Star fell from Orion (2011)

A Star fell from Orion: an anthology of poetry and prose, 2011, 101pp  ISBN 978-1-908846-00-6   Peter, Bridge &Stepehn, Lampeter
Available from Red Heron, £6.50

Featuring:
Gillian Clarke
Kathy Miles
Sue Moules
Anne Grimes
Brenda Old
Carol Manwell
Mary Overton
Collette Power
Josie Smith
Simone Mansell Broome
Carole Powell
Charlotte Symons
Corinne Pollard
Will Martin


"The group have recently published an anthology of poetry and prose called A Star fell from Orion which reads like a merging of souls. " Judith Arnopp

Poetry reading, Carmarthen Old Town festival, June 22, Time Coffi bar

Organiser: Sue
 30 minutes

 Confirmed readers: Sue, Kathy, Gilly, Martin, Carol, Carole

 The Old Town Festival programme is now out. We are on the programme to read from 1.40pm-2.20pm. The whole event starts at 12noon and goes on until 4.30pm, but Red Heron should be upstairs in the Time Coffi Bar by 1.30 ready to start at 1.40.

It has been suggsted that we all wear something red - I will be wearing my Red Heron T shirt.

If you want to get something printed with the logo, I can send you the file.

Poetry from Strata Florida (2013)

The anthology includes poems about Strata Florida by Red Heron members alongside historical poetry, in Welsh and English, and poems by Harri Webb, Ruth Bidgood, R S Thomas and Gwyneth Lewis.

Includes poems by:

Gillian Clarke
Anthony Kendrew
Martin Locock
Carol Manwell
Kathy Miles
Sue Moules
Mary Overton
Amanda Pickering
Josie Smith

Published 2013.  £10.  ISBN 978-0-9565067-5-7. 123pp.  Available from Carreg Fflyfan Press


One of the other poets featured, Caroline Gill, has written about the anthology:

<http://carolinegillpoetry.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/anthology-alert-poetry-from-strata.html>

Poetry reading, 3 May, King's Head, Lampeter 7.45 for 8

As part of King's Fest Organized by: Jane Readers: Jane, Anthony, Martin, Josie, Sue