Sketch Poetry
Poetry read in a fitting setting, by teacher and poet of no great renown: Joe Riley.
Great poems from a range of eras read aloud in a place that befits them. No lectures, not too many long words or academic pretence; a chance to sketch out how a poem reaches your heart.
Want me to sketch a poem? thesketchpoet@gmail.com
Sketch Poetry
How to Leave the World that Worships Should-Ros Barber ✉️ (feat. Ros Barber)
'Let faxes butter-curl on dusty shelves...'
Joe rings in spring by sitting in a sunny space and reads this wonderful poem for turbulent times.
Ros Barber kindly agreed to be interviewed about this poem and the second half is less a sketch and more a portrait of the poet herself, and how this superb poem came into being.
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Want to hear a poem? Pitch it (and the setting in which you think it could be read) to me here:
thesketchpoet@gmail.com