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Upcoming Events – East Coker Poetry Group
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Chris Salberg will take us on a poetic journey through the work of this West Country poet.
His poetry reflects his character and life as a schoolmaster in Launceston in Cornwall.
At the Village Café, 7.30pm
Dawn Gorman is poetry editor of Caduceus magazine, presents West Wilts Radio’s The Poetry Place, and works with poetry as a mentor, workshop leader and in therapeutic contexts.
Dawn is widely published in journals and anthologies, including the prize-winning Aloneness is a Many-Headed Bird (2020) , a ‘conversation in poetry’ with Rosie Jackson and the recent Poems in the Key of Hope , a ‘deconstructed’ anthology featuring poems printed on postcards, illustrated by Japanese artist Numata Kashu (Hedgehog, 2024). www.dawngorman.co.uk
Rosie Jackson is a poet and creative writing tutor living in Teignmouth, Devon.
Her latest collection is Love Leans over the Table (Two Rivers Press, 2023).
Widely published, Rosie has won many awards, including Commended in the National Poetry Competition 2023 (out of 17,800 entries. Other works include Aloneness is a Many-headed Bird (with Dawn Gorman, 2020) , Two Girls and a Beehive: Poems about Stanley Spencer and Hilda Carline (with Graham Burchell, 2020).
www.rosiejackson.org.uk
In The Village Cafe 7.30pm