Poems and Pictures of Past Events
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Poems and Pictures of Past Events |
| Weekends away | Shorewomen regular retreats for writing | ||
| Readings round the Island | Previous reading events | ||
| Collaborations | Photo exhibition | Focus Ryde Imaging Group photographs and poetry exhibition | |
| Rewriting the Map | The North/South Writing Project | ||
| Shipwreck | The Irex shipwreck project |
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Weekends away
Shore Women go away once a year to write, read to each other and share workshop ideas. In November 2005 a week-end at the coastguard cottages above Alum Bay brought the Irex shipwreck project. Shore Women also enjoy regular week-end breaks at NorthCourt where the beautiful gardens are inspirational. Guest writers are sometimes invited to run workshops and share meals. Other writing days and week-ends have taken place at Bonchurch Manor, Ryde Cemetery, Tennyson's study at Farringford and the Cass Sculpture Park in Sussex.
A snowman umpires the tennis court.
North Court in Winter
As we recall the raspberry comfort of summer
Old grey stone stands in a darkening sky,
Rings to refrain of rooks high on the hill.
Chill green hellebores guard the door;
A snowman umpires the tennis court.
Arrow flights of duck-prints blaze the trail
Down to the fallen elegance of elm tree over stream;
Uncertain ice on the round pond
Hesitates before it melts.
Beside the torn lace of a chestnut leaf
A tiny white feather clings
To a fine red interlock of twigs.
Frost-kissed camellias blush and fade.
A multitude of gardens housed in one
Still holds the memory of last year's sun.
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Exhibitions with Ryde Photographers Shore Women and Focus Ryde Imaging group have produced joint exhibitions of photographs and poetry, shown at the Full Circle Gallery, St. Mary's Hospital and at the Apollo Theatre, Newport. The poems and photographs have also been shown around the Island at other venues where Shore Women perform. |
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The North South Project In 2001-2002 Shore Women were involved in a joint writing project with Vane Women, a writing, performing and publishing collective based in County Durham. Rewriting THE MAP is a book of poems from the project - launched on October 16th, 2003 at Ottakars Bookstores in Darlington and the Isle of Wight. The theme of the project is North/South, reflecting the landscapes and identities of the two groups through a glorious mix of subjects: saints and sheep, Vikings and angels, fells and downs, juniper berries and blueberries, shepherds and sailors, cathedral and Standing Stone.Mimi Khalvati describes the book as 'a force field of energy. The enthusiasm, laughter and friendship that went into its making comes through the poems and shapes them'. 71 pages and 54 poems, illustrated with line drawings,
£6.95 It is also available at bookstores in the two regions and at other venues on the Isle of Wight. |
VANE SHORE WOMEN |
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The Wreck of the Irex: Riddles of the Sea The Irex shipwreck project, funded by the Isle of Wight
Economic Partnership, began in November 2005 and continued
throughout 2006 and the first half of 2007. Poems, workshops
and performances took place throughout the rural communities of
West Wight and included writers, actors, schools, churches, libraries,
WIs and writers at HMP Albany. Pictures from the Irex performances
The ship pictured here, a
three-masted barque similar to
the Irex, was crafted by prisoners at HMP Albany. In recognition of National Poetry Day in 2008 we screened our DVD The Wreck of the Irex at Dimbola Lodge, Freshwater, joined by Maggie Norton, poet laureate for South Cumbria in 2007. Maggie's DVD about the Lake District was also shown. |
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