Puzzle Poets Live
This event on 1st December 2014 has past.
This event series is no longer running. It last took place on 4th September 2017.
Contact: freda247davis@gmail.com
We are inviting guests every month through the winter.
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
1st December 2014
December's guest is Steve Ely whose 2013 collection Oswalds Book of Hours was nominated for the Ted Hughes Prize for new work in oetry and the Forward prize for Best First Collection. The follow up Englaland will be published next year by Smokestack Books. He's published a novel, Ratmen, and his biographical work about a former poet laureate's Mexborough period Ted Hughes South Yorkshire, will also be published next year. His poems have appeared in the Sunday Times, The Tablet, The London Review of Books, Poetry Review, Magma and in dozens of other publications. He's currently working on a book of poetry based on the landscape and writing of the 14th century mystic Richerd Rolle and if thats not enough he's also a stand up and be counted reader and performer.
"Made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck" That's what one award-winning poet said about Steve's reading earlier this year in Marsden. And it did too.
Don't miss a great finale to a great year.
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)