Thursday 22 April 2.30pm
Poetry reading inspired by Quaker Testimonies
to Peace
Quaker Centre, Friends House, 173 Euston
Rd, London NW1 2BJ
To celebrate the first Quaker Peace
Testimony in 1660/1, join us in the Quaker Centre as the West Euston Time
Bank Purple Poets and Friends (including work by Miram
Halahmy, Peter Daniels, Leslie Wilson,
Sue Blundell, Fiona
Green, members of The Fitzrovia Women Writers,
Jeoffrey Bould, Heather Spears,
Bithi Das, Islam Molla,
Patsy Futatsugi, Nahar Islam,
Shelagh Beale, Kim
Morrissey, Barry Cole - poetry workshop leader
of the Fitzrovia Poetry Workshop) and
members of TADs -the Third Age Project's Drama Group,
and a special reading by Deanna Johnson of a found
poem cycle based on the Boer War Letters of Emiy Hobhouse.
Most of the poets will be reading their own found
poems taken from the Peace collections in Friends House Library. This
is an on-going project, and this is the first of several workshops and
readings.
Our special guest artist Jo WOnder will present
her own 'found poetry' Peace collage to the Quaker Centre Library inspired
by Quaker texts selected by Kim Morrissey. |
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A free event, light refreshments provided.
Please register
at:www.quaker.org.uk/purplepoets
Event is from 2.30 to 4.00 pm. Wheelchair
accessible.
For all enquiries please contact the Quaker
Centre
quakercentre@quaker.org.uk
/ 020 7663 1030/41
found poetry - technique
Purple Poets and Friends and Peace
-other poets taking part:
Daniel Beard
Barry Cole
Workshop
Miriam Halahmy
Brenda Niskala
Heather Spears
Jo WOnder will create a 'found poem' work
of art for the reading,
to be donated to the Quaker Library in celebration of the event,
using words from pamphlets written by Quaker Women.
SOURCES FOR THE FOUND POETRY PROJECT
FROM THE QUAKER CENTRE LIBRARY
EUSTON ROAD
Quaker Library Librarian: David Irwin
project initiator: Beverley Kemp
HISTORY: In a writing workshop held for the Purple
Poets on January 21, 2010, at the Quaker Centre, Euston Road, poet Kim Morrissey
explained the Found Poetry technique, and librarians Beverley Kemp and
David Irwin provided background information about the Quaker Library, History
and Quaker Testimonies of Peace. Beverley and David acted as resource people
for the project, enabling the Purple Poets to put the material into context.
A second workshop was held by Kim with the Fitzrovian Women Writers Group
on February 8, 2010. A third workshop, for invited guest poets, attended
by Miriam Halahmy and artist Jo WOnder, was held by David and Kim on
March 29, 2010. For those poets not familiar with the technique, further
one-to-one workshops will be held (in person and by internet) leading up
to the event, and Quaker poets will be invited to write their own 'Testimonies
of Peace' for the reading. The Third Age Project's drama group TAD
will perform some of the poems, under the direction of Gary Kielty.
A C.O. IN PRISON
W.J. Chamberlain 1917
"A ZEPPELIN RAID"
PAMPHLET 223/2 13439
pages 44-48
THE COURTMARTIAL FRIEND
AND PRISON GUIDE
1917
PAMPHLET 223/3
pages 4-5
OTHER PURPLE POETS' PROJECTS:
ACCESSING THE ARTS
A list of suitable venues and unsuitable venues
for performing (DDA compliant or reasonable adjustments noted)
and for holding meetings (this is an on-going
project)
PROJECT: ARTS
FOR ALL | ACCESS FOR ALL
-- working with local community galleries, libraries and museums
FIFTH FIELD TRIP (18.03.2010)
National Portrait Gallery, Saint Martins Lane
(The Indian Portrait 1560-1860, invited viewing and NPG workshop)
How to Read a Painting
workshop leaders Fran Wilde and Kim Morrissey
special guest artist and resource person Jo
WOnder
additional artist material by Heather
Spears
FOURTH FIELD TRIP (18.01.2010)
Quakers Centre Library
Euston Road
(Testimonies of Peace research for April 22nd, 2010 reading)
THIRD FIELD TRIP (24.05.2009)
British Museum, Great Russell Street
(Indian Summer, Garden and Cosmos, invited viewing)
SECOND FIELD TRIP (02.04.2009)
Wellcome Trust Library, Euston Road (Acts of Mercy paintings)
FIRST FIELD TRIP AND ON-GOING
PROJECT (05.10.2006)
1930's Stained Glass Windows by Margaret Edith Aldrich Rope, (M.E.A.
Rope)
The Crypt, Munster Square
first visit by photographer Tatiana Schenck (09.05.2009)
these windows were commissioned for St. Augustine's (Hackney)
background essay and footnotes: Art in the Crypt
SAINT LEONARD
SAINT GEORGE
more
work by PURPLE POETS:
Babushka, Bithi Das, Carol Moon, Eileen Francis, Eppie Caredda, Ferdous Rahman,
Serajul Islam Molla, Jean Watt, Kathy Randle, Nahar Islam, Norah Platt, Patsy
Futatsugi, Shelagh Beale.
