Mental health in Mind

Mental health in Mind

My last post about PoetryAsHealing was a let  ‘me tell you what it’s all about’ kind of post. As we’re nearing the end of the the year, I’m happy to tell with you that my PoetryAsHealing sessions have been a huge success. Working with...
PoetryAsHealing

PoetryAsHealing

Ok. I’ve been really slow at blogging about my PoetryAsHealing project. Partly because I’ve been so busy doing it. I’m passionate about poetry and mental well-being so I inhabit a sort of heaven when delivering this programme. PoetryAsHealing...
Windrush 48; Spirit of Windrush

Windrush 48; Spirit of Windrush

I was fortunate enough to attend the service at Westminster Abbey on 22 June to mark Windrush Day. Me and about 2,000 other folk. The steel band playing in the church by Shern Hall Methodist Youth Steel band, set the scene. The harmonic twang of pan never fails to...
SS EMPIRE WINDRUSH [Windrush Day poem]

SS EMPIRE WINDRUSH [Windrush Day poem]

Windrush 1948: Coming Home  “London, is the place for me London, this lovely city You can go to France or America,  India, Asia or Australia But you must come back, to London city.” (Calypso: Sung by Lord Kitchener) A leap into the unknown, hundreds of men, women,...
Poetry Cafe at Hampton Hill Playhouse

Poetry Cafe at Hampton Hill Playhouse

I took this photo in 2014 when this modern theatre building in Hampton Hill was called the ‘Playhouse’. Little did I know when I took the photo that I would be treading the boards there in the future,  sharing spoken word poetry. Having a theatre so close...
Spoken Word at Teddington Theatre Club [Tickets SOLD OUT]

Spoken Word at Teddington Theatre Club [Tickets SOLD OUT]

Hot on the heels of Khembe’s Return to Your Roots, Suzy Rowland will be reading a few of my poems the local ‘playhouse’ Teddington Theatre Club on Friday 15th June. For full details and tickets, please click on the Facebook link or the Write Out Loud...