{"id":1083,"date":"2020-03-02T08:02:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T08:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/?p=1083"},"modified":"2020-03-02T08:02:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T08:02:10","slug":"in-praise-of-poets-chasing-that-rhyme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/2020\/03\/02\/in-praise-of-poets-chasing-that-rhyme\/","title":{"rendered":"IN PRAISE OF POETS. Chasing that Rhyme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CHASING THAT RHYME<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most\npoetry lovers in the UK will be well aware of the impact  the annual National Poetry Day celebrations\nhave in raising the profile of poetry, introducing young people to the pleasure\nof reading, writing listening to and performing poetry, and in providing a\nplatform for established and emerging poets alike to display and declare their\nwork. National Poetry Day sees poets invited to schools to facilitate poetry or\ncreative writing classes and libraries all over the country stage meet the poet\nevents, in quite diverse forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For many\nyears, as half of the poetry duo of writing and performing poets that was Just\nPoets I was always very busy in the UK, as part of the Schools programme at\nTouchstones Arts And Heritage Centre, working with schools that would arrange\nvisits to the gallery looking to explore the exhibits with a poet during the\ndays around National Poetry day that briefly saw poetry assume a privileged\nplace on the primary and secondary curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more\ninformation about National Poetry Day why not visit https:\/\/nationalpoetryday.co.uk\/<\/a> ? There you can find copies of\nfavourite poems, details of events approaching the day itself, competitions,\ncelebrations and how National Poetry Day has developed a synergy with the\neducation programme in the UK:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When\nliving in the UK and working with primary school children I would introduce\nthem to not only my own work for children, published under the title of Sting\nin The Tale, a collection collated by Valerie Blume, but also to work by the\nlikes of folk singer Tom Paxton, songwriter Shel Silverstein and of course to\nthe immortal monologues once delivered by Stanley Holloway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also\nworked in secondary education facilities such as ESSA Academy in Bolton and\nPleckgate High School in Blackburn and with outreach education facilitators at\nCrewe Football Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the\ndays before the country so firmly took National Poetry Day to heart, and the\nannual celebration gradually brought poetry back into the mainstream I think I\nand Pam McKee, my Just Poets partner, felt like voices in the wilderness. These\ndays, though, there are poetry slams almost every night of the week up and down\nthe country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Baum in Rochdale holds monthly poetry nights<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Folk \u00b4n Poetry At The Baum nights are held one Sunday a month at The Baum, in an upstairs room of a cracking real ale pub on Toad Lane in Rochdale. Hosted by poet and parody pastiche writer Robin Parker, the night usually presents around fifteen to twenty local poets each reading a poem in each half, and among the regular leading lights are publioshed poets aplenty, including Katie Haigh, Seamus Kelly, Eileen Earnshaw and Robin himself amongst others. Admission is free and you can find details on our all across the arts pages in The Rochdale Observer, or look on the fb pages on any of those writers named here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For\ninstance I learned on a facebook post yesterday that Martin Figura and Helen\nIvory will be the guest poets on Tuesday 3rd<\/sup> March at The Poetry\nLounge in Ludlow. This is held in The Sitting Room of The Blue Boar on Mill\nStreet in Ludlow, and according to the poet\u00b4s fb page you will be warmly\nreceived. In fact, the venue\u00b4s own fb page actually suggests that you come and\nhear renowned guest poets Helen Ivory and Martin Figura<\/a> perform\n– then enjoy their rich and varied open mic with readings from Thirza Clout<\/a> Carol Finch<\/a>, Bert Molsom<\/a>, Claire Leavey, Meg Cox<\/a>, Steve\nHarrison Tina Cole, Nick Pearson and Paul Francis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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the Poetry Cafe<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, Poetry @ 3 is held on the first Thursday of the month, and so you will be made welcome on 5th<\/sup> March. There is an open mic for poets who like to come out and play during the day. Hosted by the Poetry Society\u2019s Paul McGrane, this is a FREE event that takes place at The Poetry Caf\u00e9 at 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX. No booking required, just turn up. Sign up between 2.30 and 3 to read. As @3 is so popular we can\u2019t put you on the list to read if you turn up after 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s\nusually a theme for each event but don\u2019t worry if you don\u2019t have poems on (or\naround) that subject \u2013 all poems are equally welcome. Sign up to read between\n2.30 and 3. If you\u2019d like to know the theme, though, email Paul at membership\n[AT] poetrysociety.org.uk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\norganise or take part in your own regular or occasional poetry readings or\nslams, remember we here at all across the arts are always happy to signal the\nsidetracks and detours our readers might want to follow so they can swell your\naudience. We will always try to publish any news (ie announcements of venues,\nartists and dates), previews, (that is to say we will publish any advance notice\nyou have of what might be read or any significant happening within the event,\nsuch as presentation or whatever), interviews, ( you might want to interview a\nwinner or writer with a new publication and send us a copy of the interview in\neither print or audio format), or simply send us a review of the event (such as\nwhat worked and what didn\u00b4t, number of readers or pieces covered, size of\naudience and audience reaction, and a little piece of information about how the\nvenue worked). We will always full attribute anything you send and you should\nfeel free to add a photograph. More importantly still, make sure you include\nthe date etc of the next event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We look\nforward to hearing from you at normanwarwick22@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CHASING THAT RHYME Most poetry lovers in the UK will be well aware of the impact  the annual National Poetry Day celebrations have in raising the profile of poetry, introducing young people to the pleasure of reading, writing listening to and performing poetry, and in providing a platform for established and emerging poets alike to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}