Author: Jean Atkin

I'm a poet and educator, work on community projects and collaborations.
Poet in Residence, Poetry & Wellbeing, Poetry in the Community

VERSE TO GO! – your choice!

Today I had a lovely time at Helena Lane Day Centre’s Open Day in Ludlow.  They invited me along (in association with Creative Inspiration) to set up with my 1932 Good Companions Portable (Very Slow & Noisy) Typewriter.  Then all sorts of nice folk dropped by to order a poem. In no time I was clattering away making poems with them on requested subjects including: Zumba … Continue reading VERSE TO GO! – your choice!

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Events and Ideas, Poetry in the Community

“Give us your inner guillemot!”

said John Hegley to Section E.  Section E was two nice people selected because they wore spectacles.  Sections A to D were whole corners of the very well-packed Sitting Room at the Blue Boar in Ludlow, but when their big moment came, the two members of Section E gave vent to their inner guillemot in style, bringing a wonderful night of poetry to a rampaging … Continue reading “Give us your inner guillemot!”

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