Events
A poem begins in delight… and ends in a clarification of life
Seamus Heaney
Live Events coming up in May and June 2024.
Seamus Heaney
Live Events coming up in May and June 2024.
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Donations
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£3 is the suggested donation for a single event, or you can use the pull down menu below to donate £25 to cover all events over 12 months.
Donations
We would like to reward star guests with a small fee and we would be delighted to receive donations via the button below, labelled ‘Buy Now’. Any profits will go to paying for other events once restrictions are lifted. If you prefer a different method of payment, please use BACS to pay into ‘Poetry Teignmouth’ at sort code 60 21 47, a/c no 58608486.
£3 is the suggested donation for a single event, or you can use the pull down menu below to donate £25 to cover all events over 12 months.
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LIVE EVENTS
Unearthing Dartmoor exhibition to be held at TAAG, Teignmouth
25th May to 7th June.
Evening of Poetry on Wednesday 29th May at 7pm – £3 on the door.
A unique collaboration between Contemporary Markmakers and Moor Poets culminated in Unearthing Dartmoor, a visually stunning welding of marks on paper and poetic words, celebrating the beautiful, spiritual and ancient environment of Dartmoor. Meet the artists and the poets that brought this creative project to fruition at a special poetry reading on 29th May when several of the poets will be reading their work.
Action on Climate in Teignbridge
present
POETS – WORDS FOR A BROKEN WORLD
Newton Abbot Library
Passmore Edwards Centre, Market St, Newton Abbot TQ12 2RJ
Starts 7.00pm, 24th June 2024 (until 9.00pm)
Kerry Priest has appeared at Dartington, the Minack Theatre, Cornwall and on Radio 3. She’s both experimental yet articulately grounded.
Mark Totterdell, ornithologist, poet and writer. His subtle poetry provides ‘small’ glimpses’ into a landscape of flora and fauna.
Rebecca Gethin, lives on Dartmoor, she weaves the elemental to the environment and has just published the book Snowlines.
Simon Williams is a long established Devon poet. His writing has wit with the trick of turning poetry, from fun into serious endeavour.
Sue Proffitt is a dedicated Eco Poet/Activist & more. She’s the author of two critically acclaimed poetry collections.
Steve Day a drummer/percussionist & poet, he’s prolifically published on jazz improvisation, disability & the climate crisis.
Roger Philip Dennis is a painter/artist and one of the finest poets in the UK - a winner of the prestigious National Poetry Competition.
Jennie Osborne is a howling roar & a gentle reminder of Eco knowledge. Her brilliant book Signals From The Other is ‘a must-read’.
Jennie Osbourne Sue Proffitt
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Rooks - Video
Roger Philip Dennis reads Rooks Waiting Dusk by Steve Day
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ON-LINE - Click below
Rooks - Video
Roger Philip Dennis reads Rooks Waiting Dusk by Steve Day