Category: Opportunities
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Potlatch Collective Poem #13
I lost my lfe in my second life A post life where I was free The sun rose every day anew A bright etchasketch moment witnessed by the milkman Two pints. On the doorstep. She’d asked for more. Just like the day before I thought I’d seen that couple Before…
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Medway Monday: Rochester Sweeps Festival
May Day bank holiday weekend brings to us the first of Medway’s major festivals. This is our Artistic Director Phil, with Border Morris side, Wolfshead and Vixen – more photos will follow on Jaye’s blog later, where you can also see pictures from the Jack in the Green Awakening Ceremony…
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ME1 TV to showcase Medway writers
There’s a wonderful opportunity coming up for local writers and poets with the newly founded internet TV channel, ME1 TV, based in Rochester. With many years of experiences in all areas of the media, including TV, film, music and theatre, ME1 TV aim to showcase all aspects of Medway and…
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Medway Monday: Potlatch Collective Poem #12
The grey cloud let the rain come down The rain clouds dropped the raindrops on a clown Rhyming with its nature, down Fiddlesticks she said In a manly voice Gruff and loud, booming for all to hear The train steamed past It was an electric fast Coming through the golden…
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ME4 Writers: The Word Shed at Fuse Festival
ME4Writers present their collective, collaborative project ‘The Word Shed’ at Fuse Medway Festival. Come and visit The Word Shed, where inside, instead of seeds, pots and a lawnmower, and that drawer full of things that you might need one day, you will find yourself in a blossoming, inspirational world of words. During the festival,…
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Potlatch Collective Poem #11
The 10 o’clock train was running late Steam bellowed, clock hands ticked The page on the table was blank, unwritten Taking a pen determined to fill a void His name was Jeffery Lloyd Or should I say, my name was Jeffery Lloyd Which might be somewhat misleading. This is a…
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Fabulous opportunity for music lovers at UCF
Day School: The Development of the Orchestra Date: Saturday 27 April 2013 | 10am-4pm Venue: University Centre Folkestone This fascinating day school explores the development of the orchestra through history, with a study of the instruments and ensembles, and the idea of orchestration. The sound of the…
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Medway Monday: Potlatch Collective Poem #10
Snow. But the sun was shining; then came rain Drawing the curtains would cover the pain The photo was colourful in its frame But Picasso looked on, his eyes aflame And captured love mismatched To my heavy heart The song of sorrow plays its tune As the flower laid car…
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Potlatch Collective Poem #9
Wow! Jeepers creepers! Who would have believed it? For it was hard to take in The way was not clear In the abyssal darkness mists and daemons leered She was afraid but pretended not to be. The internal thump of her heart, witnessed only by her. This is a collective…
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Medway Monday: Potlatch Collective Poem #8
Image by Maggie Drury Who writes the lines around your eyes? Yesterday was a tiring day Sleep came quickly like drowning And she dropped deep into its well, the sides too slippery to grasp She was reminded of a horror film she had seen once Bloody, unsubtle, unsettling Unsettling, unsubtle,…
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The Literary Potlatch at Strood Library
For an organization with no budget and not an awful lot of time between us, we were extremely proud to have run another event which far exceeded our expectations. An ancient Native American word, the purpose of a Potlatch was the re-distribution and reciprocity of wealth, with all invited to…
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Medway Monday
We’re thrilled to report a fab time had by all at the Potlatch on Saturday – photos, quotes and the truly excellent collective poems will all appear here in due course, but for now, here’s today’s Medway Monday linky:
Rochester Literature Festival 