Nikki Bennett

Biography

Nikki has had six collections of poetry published and she has performed her poems at various poetry festivals and poetry group readings in the UK. She has also read her work in the USA and Europe, including at the conferences of International Women Writers' Guild (New York State) and Geneva International Writers. She is a great believer in poetry as both communication and therapy, and in particular the highlighting of women's issues and circumstances. Her collection Love Shines Beyond Grief was nominated for the 'Ted Hughes Award for New Poetry' 2010. As well as the collections, her poems have appeared in various magazines including: Crazy Lit, De Facto, Hearing Voices, Magma, Partners' Aspire, Ravenglass, Artemis and roundyhouse. Nikki is a member of The Poetry Society and of The Society of Women Writers and Journalists, and founded 'uni-verse' poetry group in Bath, celebrating international poets and poetry.She is also a member of a team reading poetry in Care Homes and supports the work of Lapidus - an organisation promoting Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes. Her book collections are: The Pebble Collection The Places We’re Touched Pink Nightie Poems Love Poems Love Shines Beyond Grief Trans-Siberian Travels The CD’s are: Serenity after the Storms – a selection Love Shines Beyond Grief All available from www.nikkibennettpoems.com or nikkibennett27@hotmail.com

Samples

see website: www.nikkibennettpoems.com to hear and see sample poems, recordings and youtube Autumn Canal Walk Every bend showed the same view along the canal, but still I walked and walked to find my picnic spot - the biggest oak, on a steep incline between canal and river. I rested my back against its trunk, not fearing my weight would tumble it into the valley; its life breathed into mine. I turned to face the autumn sun, a salute to you, your burnished colours, your strength, unchanging familiarity; the path ahead the same yet unknown. Nov 2011

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