Tongues and Groovestakes place every last Sunday in the month - (except in December when it is the 18th) - 8.00 to 10.30 pm. An eclectic mix of music and poems performed by local writers and artists, with guest readers coming from further afield, why not come along and discover the talent that resides in Southsea? With a brand new grant from the Arts Council, the T&G committee have been planning a host of new projects, so don't miss out! TONGUES AND GROOVES PROJECTSTo find out more about the T&G Poetry competition, Mentoring Scheme and April 2006 party, please click on the link HERE.
SUNDAY 27 NOVEMBER Features Anne Stewart whose work is featured in 'Ten Hallam Poets' ... 'one of the most astonishing constellations of poetic talent to have emerged in the last ten years ...'. Anne has read at literature festivals and regularly reads at well know poetry venues, mainly in London. She is the founder of 'poetry pf', an internet-based resource for poets. Plus open mic. |
Haiku
under a bare tree
a few mauve crocuses
quiver in the wind
Michael Gunton
One fine morning
And it could have been ours –
the heart skipping out of bed
one fine morning. The heart
with the day singing in its ears,
the heart reaching for its coat,
closing the door.
And it could have been ours -
the heart finding itself caught
with its toes on the starting line,
tricked into running, over fields,
over fences, over stiles.
And it could have been ours -
the heart tripping over itself,
with its face to the land,
deafened by its own hooves of thunder.
And it could have been ours –
the heart,
both less and more than a grain of sand.
And it could have been ours –
without doing anything really wrong,
the heart struck dumb, like a dog’s,
- one fine morning. Maggie Sawkins July 2005
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