Shindig!
This event on 11th October 2010 at 19:30 has past.
Open Mic Event
Special Guest Poets: Roz Goddard and Michael W. Thomas.
‘Mulberries’ was the name of the artificial harbours used for the D-Day landings in June, 1944. The title poem of the collection, Port Winston Mulberry highlights one of Michael Wyndham Thomas's abiding interests: giving voice to anonymous witnesses when history throws a fit. But this is just one strand in his latest collection, as varied in mood and form as in subject.
Roz Goddard's The Sopranos Sonnets & Other Poems is acutely observed, streetwise and bittersweet. At its heart are ten sonnet-portraits inspired by the television series about a dysfunctional mafia boss and his family. Among the cast of characters is Gloria, the hauntingly-seductive mistress with a built-in self-destruct button, and Leotardo, ready to murder at the drop of a letter…
PLUS: Music by Jen Elvy aka Jennifer’s Garden.
Open mic slots also available; please sign up on the door.
Entry: Free
Time: 7:30pm
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