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Purple Poets
workshop leader:
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Bloomsbury Workshop Purple
Poets
The
Purple Poets were funded until August 2010
by the West Euston Workshop.
Founding Member 2005
Jean Watt
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Jean Watt
Purple Poet Jean Watt (first person on left) as Cowardly Lion,
post-wizard,
in the 2009 TADs production of Wizard of Oz, directed
by Gary Kielty,
Dick Collins Hall, West Euston. Purple Poet Bithi Das
(last person on the right)
Cast also includes: Rita (Wicked Witch), Margo (Good Witch) and Martin
(Wizard).
Photograph: Tony Bloor
Jean is a founding member of the West Euston Third Age
Project and the West Euston Workshop, as well as being a founding member
of The Purple Poets. She is an active member of the Third Age Projects
TADS (Drama group), Pottery, and Country Dancing. Most recently, she took
part in the Purple Poets'
2011 Re-Framing Disability project,
re-examining the prints of the Royal College of Physicians' Re-Framing
Disability exhibition (spring 2011, touring until autumn
2011).
Poetry-in-Progress
FESTIVAL
RUBBISH
WATT DID YOU SAY
MY MOTHER SAID
MEMORIES OF MY MOTHER
MOTHER'S DAY
GREEN
(All poems © Jean Watt. All rights reserved).
Latest Poems:
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Jean Watt
For Mary
Performed with the Purple Poets
Spring Health Festival Community
H-Pod Cumberland Market
15.03.2008
Country Dancing is like a breath of
Fresh air - exhilarating and reminiscent of
Days gone by
We have such fun, and many laughs -
When we cannot remember the name of the
Steps of a dance we were shown only last week.
Our teacher Mary has the patience of Job
And never ever loses it. So let's raise three cheers for
Her and our lovely Country Dancing!
"For Mary" by Jean Watt was performed with the Purple Poets, immediately
after the English Country Dance Class performed at the Health Community Project
Spring Fair 15.03.2008. Written at the West Euston Workshop 13.03.2008
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Jean Watt
FESTIVAL
19.08.2007
The Capital Age Festival begins with me.
So Summer comes, with flowers in her hair,
Scents of herbs and spices, drinks and meats.
She sleeps in the noon-day heat.
When you open windows
You hear the summer sounds.
Enjoy!
Jean Watt wrote this poem and performed it on the Main Stage for
the Opening of the Summer Capital Age Festival, South Bank, London, August
19th 2007 |
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Jean Watt
WATT DID YOU SAY
04.05.2006
What's your name?
Yes that's it! You said it.
Pardon what's your name?
They think I haven't heard.
J e a n W a t t ... I spell it out.
Oh yes I see: ha! ha!
I've been called Pot Watt!
Watt Pot. Wot no what!
... And Watty
Which isn't quite so bad.
Jean Watt wrote this poem for Berkeley's Tree House Poetry Café,
using the 2006 National Poetry Day theme of 'Identity.' She first performed
this poem at the 2007 Camden Green Fair. |
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Jean Watt
RUBBISH
May 2006
I came along a public walkway today, and
the cleaner was sweeping up rubbish which so
easily could have been put in a waste bin
by those who do not care, he said to me
look at this, which was dog waste and
plastic bottles, and I agreed it was a mess.
Life on earth is getting worse unless
We can make a stand
For life awareness all around
Jean Watt 's poem was first performed by
the Purple Poets at the Camden Green Fair, on the
Village Green on June 4th,
2006.
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Jean Watt
POSTCARD POEM FOR CAPITAL AGE FESTIVAL 2007
Mother's
Day
by Jean Watt
23.01.2006
I said once that I wanted to get my own
place, my mother was annoyed at this and said:
What's wrong with it here, isn't this good enough for
you? I never broached the subject again.
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Jean Watt also wrote and performed the Opening Poem for this 2007
Summer Capital Age Festival which took place on South Bank, London, August
19th 2007. |
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Jean Watt
Memories of My
Mother
23.03.2006
Always wearing a hat and gloves
When going out, my mother was
Always neat and tidy,
She made her own dresses
And mine as well.
We were good friends and almost
Knew each other's thoughts
So close were we. She's been gone
Many a year now, but I still reckon all
Dates and events from when she died.
Jean Watt wrote this poem for a Purple Poets' workshop exploring
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Jean Watt
GREEN
04.06.2006
I came along a public walkway today, and
the cleaner was sweeping up rubbish which so
easily could have been put in a waste bin
by those who do not care, he said to me
look at this, which was dog waste and
plastic bottles, and I agreed it was a mess.
Life on earth is getting worse unless
We can make a stand
For life awareness all around
Jean Watt's poem was first performed with
the Purple Poets at the Camden Green Fair, Regent's
Park, London, England 04.06.2006 |
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Jean Watt
My Mother
Said
13.01.2006
Green was an unlucky colour and she
never wore
anything coloured green. Myself, I love the colour
though for years I had my qualms and nervously
would wear green until I clean forgot her sayings
and now I am a green and pleasant land lover of
all shades of green.
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Jean Watt first performed this poem with the Purple Poets at the
2007 Camden Green Fair. |
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The Purple Poets have co-produced projects
with the Quaker Library
and the Wellcome Trust.
and The Royal College of Physicians
The Bloomsbury Workshop
'ThePurples' create community projects promoting the 5 P's:
People, Poetry, Plants, Purple and Picnics
(our major project is Camden National Poetry
Day)
We also are keen on International Women's Day,
Local Summer Festivals and Green Fairs,
Disability Access, Friends of the Park, Tenants' Rights
Constitutions, and anything else our members find interesting
think purple! think poets!
Bloomsbury
The Purple Poets
for readings, projects and festivals contact Ferdous Rahman
rahmanferdous AT hotmail.co.uk
mailing address: The Purple Poets
c/o Flat 18 Chenies Street Chambers
Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7ET
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The
Purple Poets were funded until August
2010 by the West Euston Time
Bank.
TBUK
Workshoping UK,
The Exchange,
Brick Row,
Stroud GL5 1DF
Tel: 01453 750952
info@timebanks.co.uk
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WEST EUSTON Workshop
Crypt Centre
Munster Square
West Euston
London NW1 3PL
Tel: 0207 383 4922
info@westeustontimebank.org.uk
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THIRD AGE PROJECT
Crypt Centre
Munster Square
West Euston
London NW1 3PL
Tel: 0207 383 4922
info@thirdageproject.org.uk
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updated 16.09.2010
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