Portsmouth Poetry Podcasts

With so much art being forced to go digital, Portsmouth Poetry will soon be launching podcasts on poets and poetry. The first will examine a topic we have visited before, the poetry of popular song lyrics. Then as part PortsFest2021 the newly re-branded Portsmouth Festivities we will be podcasting the life and work of the great C20th poet and author Robert Graves with local actor Stuart Olesker who met him in 1961

Portsmouth Festivities one of the city's longest running arts events has been re-shaped to reflect its variety and commitment to a diverse city. Ports Fest launches from 2-4 July this year because of Covid restrictions. The full programme will be released later in May. Portsmouth Poetry is proud to be a Ports Fest Cultural Partner.

for more information visit

www.portsfest.co.uk

Portsmouth Poetry will be working with the New Theatre Royal to bring poetry-based workshops for children during the summer and with local schools in the autumn to address anxiety among the young arising out of the Covid19 pandemic

We are proud to present  the work of actor and poet Tom Pennacchini from New York City. Tom sent us 7 recent poems which are published on our 'New Work' page and we have reviewed his poetry in our 'Reviews'

In response to lockdown, Portsmouth Poetry ran a successful international poetry competition in the summer 2020. With entries from across the UK and from the USA, India and Africa the quality of the poems was very high, Visit our '2020 Poetry Competition page to view the winning entries. We will be announcing a 2021 competition shortly. In line with our mission for poets and poetry, Portsmouth Poetry is proud to be the only poetry competition in the world (as far as we know) to provide feedback on every poem submitted to us.

Our Passchendaele  1917-2017 Heritage Lottery project in conjunction with Portsmouth Cathedral told the stories of men from Portsmouth who fought in the 3rd Battle of Ypres 1917. One of these men was Dudley Hugo Heynes who survived the battle but died a year later. We have been contacted by Rustington Museum who have an archive of items from Dudley Heynes and his daughter Lynette who was a poet.

Visit our 'Poetry & WW1' pages to view this information & links to the Museum

Tom Pennacchinni New York Poet

Sunita Thind  'Coconut Girl'

Our monthly spoken word event at Portsmouth Guildhall Studio explores the many forms words may take. A 'Pay-What-You-Feel' event with Bar.

SEE THE AWAY WITH WORDS PAGE FOR WHATS ON NEXT!

Currently suspended due to the pandemic

Poetry and arts related information for the area. Your chance to advertise and promote your organisation and events!

The life and work of a poet explained especially where the poet has been allowed to slip into obscurity or is the victim of misrepresentation