Adult Readings, for poetry appreciation groups
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See Comedy & Veg Verse for lighter poetry shows.
Talks: see below – end of page.
Feedback (on all 3 shows)
“Thanks so much for a very entertaining evening last week. We thoroughly enjoyed it.”
Chairman, Cowbridge Gardening Club, February, 2012.
“I thank you most sincerely for giving us such a wonderful entertaining evening.”
Secretary for the Civic Charities Appeal Committee, Bridgend, September, 2011.
“Thank you for a superb evening of entertainment.”
Member of Torfaen Open Mic Group, September, 2011.
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Please scroll down for Fees, Talks, and Bookings.
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Sample poems:
Racing down an A-Road
I’m hurtling through spring countryside,
mirror crammed with van, nose at tail.
“FAST! ” I see it shout.
Pale fields rise up on either side,
tremble, sigh,
sink away, as we tear through.
Now a sway of trees,
green-laced,
fingers reaching out.
“Wait for us! ” they cry.
Van roars by
and mirror fills with fingers,
frail, bereft, beseeching.
“STOP! ” I see them wail,
“Oh, stop your race, won’t you? ”
But I have deadlines too.
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Trees Between Blocks
Between the breeze blocks, trees are flaking.
Between the tower tops, they’re aching.
Between machine-built shards and sheens,
bricked-in, blocked-in, barred-in, boxed-in,
bent like beggars down on knees,
they droop.
No one stops to look or care,
office-hopping, square by square.
No one sees them stooped out there,
starved and squeezed, like limbs diseased,
quaking.
No one hears their pleas.
The buzz of big business blasts the air.
There are deals to make, bosses to please –
no time for trees!
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Parenting
This is a game you can’t know ’til you try:
a game you can’t lose, can’t win,
with a lopsided die for a laugh and a cry:
a gamble – but well worth a spin.
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What is a castle?
A diary
thumb print
overgrown path
ripple
reflection
photograph
shifting shadow
breath on a window
echo
echo of
ago
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Present and Past
The castle stands, stands,
always here,
always there,
always now,
always then,
on the same ground as the earth goes round,
day by week by month by year
by aeon,
hand-made by men
and handed down:
a present from the past,
made to last.
Have a listen!
For a free recording of sample poems from any category, please email: katewilliams.poetry@gmail.com, and I’ll email it as an attachment.
Book a performance!
To book or discuss, please email me at katewilliams.poetry@gmail.com,
or ring me on 01446 760124,
or write – see Contact for address.
Fees – for 2012 events
For nearby venues: £50.
For the rest of S. Wales: £60.
For further venues within a day-trip: £60+ travel one way @ 40p per mile
Further venues necessetating excessive travel and/or overnight stay:
£95 + travel one way @ 40p per mile.
Beyond your budget? I’m happy to discuss fees for low-income groups.
Funding for Wales: 50% funding is normally available for my events from Literature Wales, for applications received 4 weeks in advance. Details on request.
Talks
Lively, humorous talks available on (1) Poetry Writing, (2) Workshopping in schools, or (3) My 20-Year Search for a Creative Career. I also do short talks for older children (Year 5 upwards) on poetry-writing.
Member of the Institute for Public Speaking. Click here for database entry.
Events Diary
9.5.12 2.15 pm
Neston Village Hall, Neston, Near Corsham, Wiltshire,
hosted by Neston Over 60s’ Club.
‘Everyday Verse & Worse’
24.5.12 7.30
Peterston-super-Ely Village Hall, Vale of Glamorgan
hosted by Peterston Flower Club
‘Rose-bed Rhymes’.
30.5.12 7.30 pm
Little Birch Village Hall, Hereford, hosted by Kings Thorn & Little Birch Gardening Club.
Theme: ‘Rose-bed Rhymes’.
27.6.12 11.00 am
Hereford Baptist Church (Large Hall), Commercial Rd, Hereford
hosted by The Wednesday Club for over 50s
‘Comedy Poetry – Everyday Verse & Worse’
12. 8.12 Time TBA
Civic Centre, Trowbridge, hosted by Trowbridge Sunday Club.
Theme: ‘Everyday Verse & Worse’.
5.9.12 7.30
St Teresa Social Club, Filton, Bristol, hosted by Filton Gardening Club.
Theme: ‘Rose-bed Rhymes’.
10.12.12 7.30
Donhead St Mary, Shaftesbury, hosted by Donhead’s Gardening Club.
Theme: ‘Rose-bed Rhymes’.
15.5.13 7.30
Codford, Wiltshire, hosted by Codford & District Gardening Club.
Theme: ‘Rose-bed Rhymes’.
Need more information? Want to book a performance?
Please get in touch, any way, any time!
Contact details again:
Email: katewilliams.poetry@gmail.com
Tel. 01446 760124
Post: 17 Ael-y-Bryn, Peterston-super-Ely, Cardiff CF5 6LL
PS: If you’d like to include any of my poems in any publication, please contact me first – many thanks!
