Happy World Poetry Day!

A good time to read and write :)
Anyone can write (or read :)) a poem... in fact it seems your browser can too! There is a (BBC) Dylan Thomas random poem generator . Ok maybe it isn't really the browser...

Anyway if you want to read a poem from in English and German that I have put on my other blog especially for World Poetry Day then you can follow this link.

Winter Newsletter

The latest copy of the newsletter is now available. You can find it on the right hand side or by clicking on this link. You will also notice that the calendar for 2011 has now been published, showing the line up for the year.

Estonia #20

A Poet's dream is impossible
the dream
the ultimate task

to describe something
so perfectly
precise

but yet never achieving

it's like writing about
the snow
every word
every letter
is a step away from that blank page across
the landscape

by ian (train from Rakke)

photo by Ian in Tartu Toomemägi 2010

Finland #16

I struggled through
the deep snow
with more following fast

i struggled through
the bitter cold and
with more following fast

I struggled through
hunger and tiredenss
with more following fast

eventually arrived at Walhalla
and what's this to say about my journey
it was closed!

poem and photo by Ian

Many a Bright Star

Another one of our Poets, Paul Wilkins, has produced a book of his poems: "Many a Bright Star". This is a collection of his poems that include poems that he has written for special occasions. I will let Paul explain more:
"Hi to all you great poetry book readers; here is a book with a difference – profile poems of famous people. I started doing poems of famous people and have kept an eye out for any special occasion these people have had to mark with a special profile-like poem and have done many over the years. I have sent each of them a copy of what I did for them and all who replied expressed pleasure at what they read. Enjoy reading the large selection in this book."

For more details you can find his website here, some of the replies he has had here and the link to the book here

Preston Poets Calendar 2011

The Society has created a lovely appointment style calendar for 2011. It contains gorgeous photos from blankets of snow to deer and lovely countryside. Every photo is accompanied with a couple of lines of poetry, all created by the Society members.

It is a calendar that I am sure that can be enjoyed by all!


For only £3.

It can be bought at the Preston Tourist Information Centre and at the Harris Museum. Otherwise please ask a Society Member or email vsmith@pagehall.idps.co.uk .

Iceland #16

like saving an ice cube
in the sun

youth and beauty
may melt away

but the important part remains
like the life giving water

photo and poem by Ian