On Sunday 11 and Tuesday 13 September, only a fortnight away, I’ll be reading at poetry events in Canterbury and Greenwich, SE10. Please come. Meanwhile I wish everybody a happy time with these last days of summer lotus-eating:
Pack away sandals, sun-honeyed
limbs; autumn’s
here, welcome as wisdom.
(from Bittersweet 17s, Lapwing 2014)
On Sunday 11 September, between 18.30 and 20.30 BST, I’m honoured to be the featured writer at a monthly event run by SaveAs Writers and Dead Hoarse Writers. Before the pandemic, these wonderful events used to be in a pub in the centre of Canterbury. For now, they are (wisely) still on Zoom and you are very welcome to join us.
Since Six-Count Jive was published in 2019, many of my poems have expanded beyond my usual 17-syllables format into longer narratives and I look forward to reading them to you.
There will be a great open mic in excellent company too. I’ll post the link when I have it. See you there!
Rosie Johnston 