Poetry is Shit! (until it saves your life)

Join local poets Diane Horsley and Sue Allen (Diane’s mentor and chief heckler) as Diane leads you on her journey from poetry hater, sceptic to poet scribbler. Her aim is to entertain you with her encounters with poetry and the events that led her to rethink (some of ) her thoughts on poetry and what led to her taking up a pencil and standing in front of a mic.

This event is for all whether you love, loathe, or are indifferent to poetry. And it’s especially for people where poetry saved or changed your life.

We can’t all love poetry and we certainly can’t love all poetry. This is a safe space where we explore barriers to understanding, enjoying, or even taking the leap to write poetry.

There will also be an open mic for poets and non poets to share a poem that saved or changed their life. If you’re not feeling bold enough to read a poem yourself you can ask a poet to read it for you.

All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to www.refugeeroots.org.uk