We had a wonderful moon over Sintra except my camera is getting old and was unable to do it justice. The night before, I was in Lisbon on a beautifully warm evening. The sun was setting in a bright orange sky as the moon was just starting to rise over a new work of art by Joana Vasconcelos 'Pop Galo'.
On the poetry front I'm just coming to the end of Transreading Spain with The Poetry School, and it has certainly taken me out of my comfort zone but also stimulated my interest in poetry in translation. Yesterday, just by chance, a Portuguese friend from my stanza group translated a villanelle I had written a few years ago and sent it to me. It was so much more exciting in Portuguese! I don't know what that says about my version.
Next week I'm going to London for a few days and am going to a Self-editing workshop with Jane Commane at Free Word Centre. I also have tickets for Holly McNish Verse 1 at the Cadogan Hall. I heard Holly read at The British Museum for 'Alice' and have also been listening to her on Radio 4 and have become a great fan of hers!
I am now pushing the word around about our Stanza Group reading in Cascais on December 3rd and am sorting out my choice of poems. I hope it will be as successful as the last one which was great fun and very well attended.
On the poetry front I'm just coming to the end of Transreading Spain with The Poetry School, and it has certainly taken me out of my comfort zone but also stimulated my interest in poetry in translation. Yesterday, just by chance, a Portuguese friend from my stanza group translated a villanelle I had written a few years ago and sent it to me. It was so much more exciting in Portuguese! I don't know what that says about my version.
Next week I'm going to London for a few days and am going to a Self-editing workshop with Jane Commane at Free Word Centre. I also have tickets for Holly McNish Verse 1 at the Cadogan Hall. I heard Holly read at The British Museum for 'Alice' and have also been listening to her on Radio 4 and have become a great fan of hers!
I am now pushing the word around about our Stanza Group reading in Cascais on December 3rd and am sorting out my choice of poems. I hope it will be as successful as the last one which was great fun and very well attended.
