Tori Amos, Sylvia Plath, Brighton women poets e.g. Bernadette Cremin, Louise Halvardsson & Petra Creffield, Sara-Mae Tuson, Ros Barber, Margaret Atwood, Jeanette Winterson, AS Byatt, Billie Holiday, Carole King, Simon & Garfunkel, John Lennon, Jim Morrison, Arcade Fire, and many many others...
About me:
I am a poet, novelist, healer, and yoga teacher. Originally from South Africa, I was drawn to Brighton because I love the sea and identified with its bohemian atmosphere. This is a place where everything seems possible. Brighton provides me with inspiration to write on a daily basis.
I've been writing poetry and stories since I was tiny and had my first publication at age nine in a local newspaper. In 2003 I performed my poetry at the Cape Town Festival and self-published a collection called 'The Bare Bones'. Recently I self-published 'The Bare Bones Volume 2', now available to order through My Space or at any of my performances.
When I moved to Brighton I became involved in the Brighton Poetry Society open mike nights. These were my first platforms to express my art through an oral medium, and I found this very liberating, particularly as writing can be such an isolated exercise. Since then I have been performing at local events such as 'Raw', 'Hammer and Tongue', and 'Wordplay'. I have been featured as 'Poet of the Month' on the Brighton Poetry Society website (www.brightonpoetrysociety.co.uk ), been and also read and discussed my poetry along with other women writers, on Radio Reverb (www.radioreverb.com). I have written two children's books and am currently working on a novel for adults.
It is my hope to reach out to an ever wider audience and to use my writing therapeutically in conjunction with my psychology and healing training. I would like to experiment with reading for different audiences and in different settings. I am also interested in collaborating with musicians in the future in as-yet unidentified ways!
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Also I run The Great Edinburgh Run as part of team Finola and did a gig to help send Finola Forman to college as the government in Scotland unlike the rest of the UK wont help disabled people with complex needs when they want to go into further education, check out her site at
A new collection of Comic/Nonsense Verse, For Children, called, ‘Please Do Not Encourage This Nonsense by Purchasing this Book: Poems By Paul H. Tubb’, is available for purchasing.
23 Poems Not about Football, 11 that are about Football and 5 limericks. Paul H. Tubb has put these together, with some illustrations, into a handy book form so that they can be read at anyone’s leisure. Funny Rhyming poems that will delight Children of all ages. Poems about subjects such as Strange Christmas’s, Tone Deaf Dentists and the worlds worst stuntman among others. To learn more, please click on the link below.
BASS SLAM win £500, Fri 27 Jun, Peepul Centre - Leicester
Introducing the spoken word slam - expect an evening of explosive verbal impact as artists compete to become the Bass Festival's first slam champion and win a £500 artist development bursary.
Judges include Stephanie Hernandez - Apples & Snakes, Dave 'Stickman' Higgins - Blackdrop Spoken Word, Lydia Towsey - Chair of Word, Compered by Carol Leeming (The Mainstream Partnership)
To enter the slam please arrive at the venue's registration desk at 7pm on the night.
Hi here's the link www. novel-storm. com Please register - it's FREE and takes mere seconds! There's books, poetry, scripts & screenplays being added all the time. Visit the forum to see where the new material has been added and please leave feedback there for the authors.
Open Mic Poetry BrightonPoetrySociety this coming Mon 28 Apr Hello Fellow Poets and Artists,
Just a short note to inform that it is Brighton Poetry Society open mic evening will be happening this coming Monday 28 April 2008. All Levels welcome, especially beginners!
Musical interlude will be provided by "Live and Unsigned" regional finalist Claire Booth http://www. myspace. com/claireboothsing
Sanctuary Cella, Brunswick Street East, Hove, Doors 8PM.
Happy Old Candlemas Day (the true origin of the Valentine's Day customs)
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After the Langobardi come the Reudigni, Auiones, Angli, Varni, Eudoses, Suarines and Nuithones all well guarded by rivers and forests.
There is nothing remarkable about any of these tribes unless it be the common worship of Nerthus, that is Earth Mother.
They believe She is interested in men's affairs and drives among them.
On an island in the ocean sea there is a sacred grove wherein waits a holy wagon covered by a drape.
One priest only is allowed to touch it.
He can feel the presence of the goddess when She is there in her sanctuary and accompanies Her with great reverence as She is pulled along by kine.
It is a time of festive holidaymaking in whatever place She decides to honour with Her advent and stay.
No one goes to war, no one takes up arms, in fact every weapon is put away, only at that time are peace and quiet known and prized until the Goddess, having had enough of peoples company, is at last restored by the same priest to Her temple.
After which the wagon and the drape, and if you like to believe me, the deity Herself is bathed in a mysterious pool.
There is a story behind the imagery used in the animation for TWiN Poetry PiCK of the WEEK track "Inside of Outside" by Cyndi Dawson and Jair-Rohm Parker-Wells.
It explores the the relationship of the Muse with the female artist and some of the images used are over 27,000 years old from a site known as Dolni Vestonice which was in Moravia.
It illustrates the archetype of the artist-shaman as living both inside and outside of their own culture.
Here was an encampment of dwellings made of mammoth-bones covered with hides which was surrounded by a low circular rock wall.
Just outside of this was found an isolated stone hut which contained a kiln and a burial of the woman who both lived and worked there and so this became also her final resting place.
She is regarded as the world's first known artist for it is here that we find fired clay images for the very first time in human history.
Some of the animal figurines are finely shaped - particularly a study of the head of a cave lioness.
You should be able to find many images of these online if you look.
Hey lovely, sorry i couldnt make ur gig, was doing slam thing at the joogleberry,l another poetry festival doo dah - was it good?hope you are well and cu tues?xx
Brighton Poetry Society meet this Monday 17 Sept 2007 Hello Fellow Poets and Artists of BPS
Due to a “Brighton Live” music event, this month's BPS has been brought forward to this coming Monday 17 September 2007 @ the Sanctuary Cella - admission £4/3 Doors 8pm.
All levels welcome to this non competitive open mic poetry and spoken word event. Musical interlude at half time with social intermissions for networking and making friends.
My good friend Rosy Carrick has asked me to inform you with the following:
“CREATIVE WRITING AND POETRY WORKSHOPS
With Rosy Carrick
A course of innovative and engaging workshops that offer:
* A broad range of practical exercises to dispel writer’s block and generate fresh ideas.
* An exploration of new styles and techniques in creative writing and poetic form.
* An open-minded and supportive space to meet other writers and poets, discuss ideas and give and receive constructive feedback on creative work.
* One-to-one feedback and advice on sustained writing projects.
* The opportunity, at the end of the course, to be involved in a public group performance of work created throughout the ten weeks.
The course runs from 19th September to 28th November*
Workshops are held in the Adelaide Room at:
Cornerstone Community Centre, Hove, on Wednesdays (7.15-9.15 pm).
Places are limited to no more than 10 students and must be booked in advance. *Please note that there will not be a workshop during the School half term week (24th October).
Open Mic Monday 27 August 2007 is Brighton Poetry Society
Hello Fellow Poets and Artists
Just to remind you that this coming Monday 27 August 2007 is Brighton PoetrySociety open mic night @ Sanctuary Cella, Brunswick Street East, Hove, Doors @ 8pm with musical interlude from Esther Bertram http://www.myspace.com/estherbertram
Also Every Sunday @ 3pm bRiGhToN pHlUx Reverb 97.2FM will be pre-recordingit’s Monday show, doors 2pm @ The Prince Albert Pub Trafalgar Street (Fordirections view http://www.multimap.com/maps/#t=l&map=50.82828,-0.13941|16|4&loc=GB:50.82828:-0.13941:16|BN1%204ED|BN1%204ED).
We are looking for people to read short prose and participate in the show, so feel free turn up, all levels welcome and entry is free. There will be a live band and DJ’s plus Reverb Presnters.
Look forward to seeing you on Sunday and Monday,
Sean Creed BPS Coordinator/Events
PS For those of you who have my mobile number, i am not contactable due to theloss of my phone, Should be back in a week or two!
Next BPS - Monday 30 July 2007 - Sanctuary Cella @ 8pm Hello Fellow Poets and Artists
Just a short note to inform you that it is Brighton Poetry Society open mic evening this coming Monday 30 July 2007 @ Sanctuary Cella, Brunswick Street East, Hove, doors 8PM.
Interlude music will be provided by The Scarlet Street Resistance, an act tipped for big things. (http://myspace.com/thescarletstreetresistance).
Local poet Rosy Carrick (http://www.rosycarrick.co.uk)will be making an appearance and telling us about her forthcoming poetry workshops.
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