by Editorial Team | Oct 13, 2021 | Tina MacNaughton, Word is Out
I love being part of Words Out Loud and our Wednesday evening zoom meetings really gave me something to look forward to during lockdown. I am not a natural performer and have always been very nervous of public speaking, so this was a fantastic, safe and supportive...
by Editorial Team | Oct 11, 2021 | Piers Rowlandson, Word is Out
Ginny – A Short Story by Piers Rowlandson A regular at our Open-Mic events, Piers offers readers of the blog a free PDF version of his short story, Ginny. Read the opening lines of the story here on the blog and if you’d like to read further, feel free to...
by Editorial Team | Oct 8, 2021 | Tina Cockett, Word is Out
Tina Cockett is a regular at our events and shared this evocative, provocative and atmospheric poem at Words Out Loud in the Park at Priory Park, Chichester. In this poem, Tina asks: What are poets? And like all good questions, the answers she discovers reveal deeper...
by Editorial Team | Oct 7, 2021 | Bonnie Goldenberg, Word is Out
I am so grateful to Ken Jones, who was our wonderful host in California at both of our local libraries in Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park for several years, for not cutting us off but continuing to include us after he returned to his home in Chichester, U.K. It has...
by Editorial Team | Oct 5, 2021 | Nigel Millett, Word is Out
Nigel Millett shares how writing poetry helped him process feelings and gain a fresh perspective. If something is wrong in your life, let’s make it write… put down those feelings on paper before it bites.Bites into your heart, then moves into your head, so write...
by Editorial Team | Oct 5, 2021 | Sue Shattock, Word is Out
A regular at our Open-Mic events and one of our previous Featured Readers, Sue Shattock shares this charming and poignant video of a poem she wrote after attending a poetry course. © Copyright 2021 Sue Shattock – All Rights...
