Category Archives: National Poetry Day 2020
National Poetry Day 2020: A Vision of Beauty from George, Lord Byron
This is from a series of videos we made in 2015 for the theme of Light for NPD. This poem is also about a vision of beauty. She Walks in Beauty, by George Lord Byron, read by people in Bristol who work with light.
National Poetry Day 2020 – Dazzle Dance by Sue Hardy-Dawson
We filmed this poem in 2015 for National Poetry Day’s theme of Light – but it fits with Vision beautifully! The wonderful poem Dazzle Dance amazingly performed by Lydia Elisabeth Wild, fire performer.
National Poetry Day 2020, Shadow Places by Jan Dean, read by Megan Matthews.
This poem was filmed as part of a Family Poetry Exhibition for Bristol Poetry Festival, all material for which is still available.
A Vision Poem for National Poetry Day by John Dougherty!
Here’s something a little different – a video without me in! This was filmed a while ago in a different world when poets could get together and we could film them reading poems! This is the wonderful John Dougherty and Pink!
National Poetry Day TODAY!
It’s NPD, and I’m posting poems and poetry videos on the theme of Vision. Here’s a poem with questions for the moon – her sky is very different from ours! No colourful sunsets or sunrises with no atmosphere, the sun will be off and then – on! No clouds, and her dark side never …
National Poetry Day!
Tomorrow is National Poetry Day! Being a National Poetry Day Ambassador, I will be posting poems and videos here and on my sister blog, Poetry Roundabout on this year’s theme of Vision. Here is a poem I wrote for a book edited by Brian Moses, called The Cowpat-Throwing Contest, and Other Sporting Poems. The illustration …
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