Rochester Literature Festival

  • Medway Monday: Potlatch Collective Poem #5

    The boy had pulled his hands up into his sleeves against the cold I felt the wind he was receiving on his chin And groaned. Nothing more now. Away. The variety of pain is an anthology. Deep, insolated, dark and distant Were the feelings that haunted him As he went…

  • Potlatch Collective Poem #4

    The sight outside is trying to hide Away from all who could see it  The engine was burning bit by bit Becoming what rhymes with it “You nit!” will fit, she sit She looked at the sky and the rainbow was visual So beautiful for all to see yet only…

  • Potlatch Collective Poem #3

    Internal Sunshine on a gloomy day The rain battered the window, undecided if it wanted to be snow I hoped it would crisp up and freeze over, fizzing and ripping across the ice like bullets And snowflakes are captured on her black eyelashes Emphasizing the darkness within A literal outline,…

  • Medway Monday: Potlatch Collective Poem #2

    It was a crispy frosty spring morning In the springtime of the year That was to be a decisive one in the life of the town I wasn’t sure of my role yet Tipping over like a giddy fawn Who is playing a Russian folk song on his pipes Tradition,…

  • Potlatch Collective Poem #1

    Boom, Boom, Boom, Tick, Bang, Wallop The soldiers prepare, prepare. Their thoughts wear uniforms Their memories blink in the too bright sun Where ravens and crows play with matches All is well as dusk comes Stillness after the sound of guns The memories drip, running into a stream A stream…

  • 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…

  • 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:

  • Want some fun and games? Saturday is Potlatch Day!

    We held a brilliant, productive meeting on Monday morning – if you’re not coming to the Potlatch this Saturday, you’ll be missing out on a fast and furious bundle of fun! With games courtesy of Phil’s Writers Tool Kit, and the strangely addictive Speed Debating – “we need more time”…

  • Medway Monday

    It was Red Nose Day on Friday and our Town Crier braved the rain to read aloud wearing a penguin! Did you do something funny for money? More to the point, did you blog about it or take some photos? Then share the link – here’s today’s Mr Linky.

  • Medway Monday: Spring Writers’ Rendezvous

    Yes, apologies for the appearance of today’s linky rather late in the day! Our Phil has reminded us of another excuse to get together this week: “It does feel a bit strange writing this as the snow is falling past my study window – and having driven through a blizzard…

  • Medway Monday

    Would you look at that beautiful blue sky out there? I’m off out and will post a suitably local photo later. For now, though, here’s the linky for your good selves 🙂

  • Book jackets for books not written yet?

    A new challenge for you from ME4 Writers – an open collaborative project to work with writers and artists. Writers: if you have an idea for a book which you have not, and probably never will, write or finish, send them your title, the genre it is, and back cover blurb…