Naturally creative by the sea
I help organise poetry appreciation groups with a difference in North Shields and Whitley Bay. The Poetry with Friends groups are run by Happy Planet Creative Arts CIC based in…
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Standing & Staring with Friends
Poetry with Friends at Whitley Bay Library on Thursday just gone, April 2nd. Classic session. Regulars plus one newcomer contributed to amazing conversation and shared A grade poems. Leisure by…
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Good Friday
I’m looking forward to supporting Kevin P Gilday at the Cumberland Arms on Friday with his The Man Who Loved Beer show. Described as “part spoken word performance, part drunken…
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The Counsel of Trees
The Counsel of Trees is a fantastic poem by Vicky Arthurs. I shared it at Poetry with Friends at The Mission tonight. I’d set tonight’s theme at our last session….
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Souvenir of Tynemouth on sale
Anne Proctor and I’s latest book, Souvenir of Tynemouth is now on sale. Buy it from our stalls at Tynemouth’s weekend market. Here’s a shot of the first print run!…
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Nothing Compares 2 Poetry
Sinead O’Connor, Bjork and Sir David Attenborough popped up in conversation at yesterday’s Poetry with Friends at Whitley Bay Library. We had lively debate encrusted with fantastic poems delivered…
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Happy Birthday Happy Planet!
The theme for tonight’s Poetry with Friends at The Mission was “Numbers”, suggested last time by The Legendary Ken Creen. I had forgotten this but that didn’t matter. Most of…
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A new book is on its way…
I’ve been collaborating with artist and printmaker, Anne Proctor for over two years. We met, inevitably, at Tynemouth Station’s weekend market where we both have stalls, hit it off and…
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A whispering in my hearth
Another great Poetry with Friends session at The Mission last night. No theme but we talked rock and roll, teenage years, Laurel and Hardy, childhoods, crows, Hank Marvin, education, French…
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Happy, Successful Planet!
I’ve been involved with Happy Planet Creative Arts CIC for eight months and thoroughly enjoy our Poetry with Friends sessions in North Shields and Whitley Bay. On Thursday I accompanied…