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Poetry on the Border

@ The Drill Hall

Poetry on the Border!

Take time off from the hustle and bustle of the usual week to relax on a Saturday night with two of poetry's most enjoyable and engaging characters, Penelope Shuttle and Jeremy Hooker.

Penelope Shuttle "In my poetry I give primacy to the breath. For me it is the way the poem breathes that gives it form" Penelope Shuttle has written over thirty collections, novels and other works including the acclaimed Redgrove's Wife which both celebrated and mourned the loss of her husband, the poet Peter Redgrove. Her poems are alive with elemental imagery while her subject matter is firmly rooted in motherhood, loss and the struggles of the everyday. Her extraordinary grasp of breath and speech as the root of poetry is apparent in her immediate and authentic readings.

Jeremy Hooker His voice is equally resonant - of man's struggle to get back in alignment and harmony with nature and to find a place of belonging. His taut and yet fluid poems are filled with the imagery of nature, water, freedom and the environment but he is more that a simple 'poet of place'. He is one of the few poets at present to have made the difficult transition from 'doing' to 'being' while still asking those important questions that turn a poet into a philosopher.

Join us then for an autumnal feast of imagery and ideas as two brilliant speakers of their poems come together for an evening of elegant, emotional and frankly delicious poetry. Buy tickets online at website link To purchase tickets by telephone call 01291 638807 The Chepstow Bookshop are kindly selling tickets for us at 13 St Mary Street, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 5EW Telephone 01291 625 011