Poets and poems

And it certainly was better late than never! A thoroughly enjoyable evening, made special by sharing it with Susannah White, our guest poets Rona Laycock and Derek Healy and such an appreciative audience. Many thanks too to Somewhere Else for hosting us - a really good venue with helpful staff and a great atmosphere.

And talking of accomplished poets - I was delighted to get my copy of Belinda Rimmer's new pamphlet today, Holding On (New Walk Editions). It's been such a pleasure to work with Belinda over the last few years in our Women Aloud group. I look forward every month to her contribution to our meetings. The poems in Holding On are about the experience of being female; they encompass not only Belinda's own experiences but those of other women in other times and of "the damaged and the defiant" too as one reviewer puts it. They certainly make for compelling reading.