Puzzle Poets Live
This event on 5th August 2013 has past.
This event series is no longer running. It last took place on 4th September 2017.
Open Mic Event
Contact: freda247davis@gmail.com
Through the Summer Puzzle poets will be all Open Mic
Guests may resume in the Autumn, depending on popular feeling.
Everyone is welcome to contribute their stanzas in the Open Mic. We all get an enthusiastic encouraging welcome from the audience so why not give it a go?
Very friendly atmosphere. Good quality beers and wines; over 14 as event is in the pub
5th August 2013
Ralph Dartford will be joining us for a short guest slot to introduce his new book of poetry. Called 'Cigarettes, Beer and Love' This volume of 20 poems is a collaboration between artists and craftspeople.
The book is priced at £10 and for a hand stitched, hand crafted object it would be worth every penny so when you add Ralph's work within it this is a not to be missed bargain. Look at the skills that have gone into it:
Photographs by Sharon Shephard
Graphic Design by Tony Shephard
Lithographic printing by Leeds Graphic Press
Letterpress Cover and Belly Band by Nick Loaring at The Print Project
Hand binding by Roger Grech at Papercut Bindery.
Ralph Dartford writes narrative poems from the heart. Sometimes funny, sometimes bittersweet, sometimes as sad as a lost dog. Ralph has been published in The Guardian, Stirring Magazine, Pulp Faction and London Territories. His first Collection, ‘Cigarettes, Beer and Love’ has been a long time coming.
This is Ossett Observer's first publication. An Ossett Original.
http://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/158389503/cigarettes-beer-and-love-a-hand-made volume of poems by Ralph Dartford.
All the rest of the session will be Open Mic, and we have some stars of the poetry circuit heading our way so get there early and get your name down to read, then sit back and enjoy the night.
Entry: donation to the hat
Time: 7.30pm
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Reviews for Puzzle Poets Live
Hello, I didn't notice the comment section had been added to our gig. That's good. Look forward to a few more WOL visitors. This month's guest sounds worth a trip.
Review is about Puzzle Poets Live at the Blind Pig on 4 Jun 2012 (event)
Hi Alexandros, Michael does sometimes read at The Puzzle (And has been a past guest) but I am not in regular contact with him. As I suspect you know, his work and the delivery of it are spellbinding. Win
Review is about Puzzle Poets Live at the Blind Pig on 7 May 2012 (event)
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Thu 3rd May 2012 20:27
Does anybody know when Michael greavy will next be reading at an Event ?
Review is about Puzzle Poets Live at the Blind Pig on 7 May 2012 (event)
Hi Julie / Jim / Catherine / Rob. You are always very welcome in Calderdale, A real breath of fresh air from Hull. Nice to chat, hopefully we will meet up again. Winston
Review is about Puzzle Poets Live at the Blind Pig on 5 Mar 2012 (event)
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Tue 6th Mar 2012 22:21
had a lovely evening four of us Jim Higo, Catherine scott, Rob Swan and Julie Corbett (Some of the Hull Carshare Poets). Warm and welcoming people, good beer and a pleasure to hear helen Mort and all the other poets.
thanks to Gaia and Sean
julie
Review is about Puzzle Poets Live at the Blind Pig on 5 Mar 2012 (event)
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Greg Freeman
Tue 6th Aug 2013 21:07
The Puzzle Hall Inn, in God's own country of Pennine West Yorkshire, is full of character, and full of characters in the adjoining bar. But Sowerby Bridge's Puzzle Poets, aided by the mic, gave as good as they got on Monday night in terms of noise - and delivered high-quality poetry, too. Guest poet Ralph Dartford read from his new collection Cigarettes, Beer and Love, and gave us two football poems as well, and spoke of his pride at being named poet-in-residence of Ossett Town FC. John Foggin maintained the Ossett connection and contributed some masterly poems from his sequence of childhood recollections; David Lindsay delivered a fevered account of some right carryings on at Luddenden Foot; other contributors included Spoken Weird's Genevieve Walsh. Write Out Loud's Julian Jordon and Greg Freeman added their twopennworth, and with Freda Davis presiding serenely over proceedings, it was no puzzle why this was a very satisfying poetry night.
Review is about Puzzle Poets Live at the Blind Pig on 5 Aug 2013 (event)