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A joyful summer’s day enhanced by words and music
“Inspiring, eclectic and inclusive – I’ve been woken up and warmed by words – THANK YOU!” You’re welcome! With new friends made and old friends returning, our garden party was enjoyed by young and old alike, revelling in an eclectic mix of storytelling, poetry, music and more. The James Worse…
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Medway Monday
You’ll know of course, that this weekend was a pretty big one for a whole host of Medway’s creatives. We’re busy collating feedback and photos from our contribution to the feel good shenanigans but here, as a taster for you, are a few snapshots from the Guerilla Poetry and the…
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Potlatch Collective Poem #22
The stone wheel spun with a sound of thunder The demon arose from that place of hell My demons adding their furious cries I raced out into the daylight, but I couldn’t escape. High fences blocked me, bringing me up short This robbery is turning out more difficult than I…
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Potlatch Collective Poem #21
He took a drag of his cigarette And sat quietly in his sports corvette The darkness seemed to creep and writhe And left me hollowed out inside A mix of emotions and colourful words Expand the scene of the countryside From the mountain top She saw a panorama of decay…
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Medway Monday
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The Writers’ Workshop Festival of Writing
The UK’s largest literary editorial company will hold its fourth annual celebration of writing and publishing at York University on 13th – 15th September. One of the most popular events of the literary year, it unites aspiring authors with top agents, publishers, book doctors and best-selling authors for a weekend…
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Medway Monday: Potlatch Collective Poem #20
Strange, calm, hub, all of a sudden I’m here. There’s a presence here I feel, but do not fear I am reminded of the time we had together Strolling, sitting, laughing; a portrait of Heather In her happier days. Before everything, all Fell apart Like the petals of a tulip…
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LitFest Garden Party to cap a BIG Weekend for Medway
The weekend of Friday, July 12th to Sunday July, 14th will see Rochester and the wider Medway come alive for what’s being termed Medway’s Big Weekend. Having made a fantastic debut at Eastgate House Gardens last year, we’re holding our Summer Garden Party on Sunday 14th July, at the Good…
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Medway Monday: Potlatch Collective Poem #19
The moon was full in the sky tonight A fox screeched, an eerie call. Alarm or fright Joseph shifted his position, someone was piercing their eyes through him, making him … Pushing a finger through him, paper thin The blood coursed over his shoes It was beautiful, the most full…
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Medway Monday: Potlatch Collective Poem #18
Daniel slowed the car down. The exit was Blocked, nowhere to go, nowhere to go back Save for the hollow and the light in the black Save for the red and the curse in the light Eyes pained; lips dry with the alcoholic curse It was always the same. And…