Get poetic...

....tomorrow (Thursday), if for only one day this year. Douse yourself in poetry. Curl up with a poetic tome in solitude or better still join in a National Poetry Day event. This year the theme is HOME.

Macc library are hosting a full day of poetry. Join local people reading their own or their favourite poems in Poems Aloud on Thursday 7th October between 10am and 6pm.

They will be reading poems old and new throughout the day in their very own Poets' Corner.

Make sure you get along at 11am to hear surprising and charismatic performance poet Dominic Berry.(see above).

We'll be there and we might even read a poem too...

And finally we raise a glass to Jo Bell and wish her well for what must be a frenetic day ahead seeing as she is the coordinator of National Poetry Day.....

National Poetry Day www.nationalpoetryday.co.uk

Poems Aloud! Thurs 7th Oct

Macclesfield Library

2 Jordangate

Macclesfield

Big loop party

Ofcourse It would have been nice to post yesterday about the tremendous evening we had at Storm Brewery on Saturday night. Unfortunately both the Janes were feeling a little 'liverish' the day after the Big loop Party. Perhaps it was the rhubarb and ginger cordial, swigged in quantity or the many irresistable pints of Gale Force downed, we can't be sure...those Spearings pies slipped down a treat too.
Any way here are some pictures, thanks Vera.

Many thanks to VG net (web design) for sponsoring this exuberant evening, huge thanks to the astonishing Butterfly Jam and various spontaneous guests. Loved Colin's harmonica playing , Dan's acoustic set and the charismatic verbal charms of Jo Bell and her poems. Thanks also to Reggae Dave for spinning the discs. What a night!

Thank you for all your support for the year of loop socials and your lovely texts and e mails about the Big loop Party.
We raised £260 for Macclesfield Barnaby Festival next June .






























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And the heavens opened

Not everyone would consider last night's deluge the perfect arena for an al fresco poetry reading. I must admit I had my reservations and took a brolly. That said it was a great night and John Lindley a charismatic poet. For the many of you who hauled themselves along in that biblical down pour we hope you enjoyed yourelves, you were a great crowd and entered into the spirit of things despite being shunted backwards and forwards at times. Hooray for Ronnie's magnificent parasols and heaters. We are mighty glad that the drips from the canopy didn't hit the mic and electrocute the poet...it might have got us in the Macc Express though. Nothing else seems to work.



Tomorrow is National Poetry Day so make sure you tune into radio 4's Today programme ( 93.2FM) in the morning to catch Carol Ann Duffy hopefully reading the poem she has written for National Poetry Day. Also on Radio 4 in the evening is the final of the UK slam, with Jo Bell as one of the judges – Have a look at the website and if you do only one thing this week do send one of their free e-cards to a friend.

National Poetry Day www.nationalpoetryday.co.uk