Poetry Blogs (Halifax)

Based on a true story that happened in 1913, this poem was commissioned by a bar that opened last year to chronicle the tale of a bear that happened to "do a runner" from the zoo we had in town and was later captured again presumably with a smacked paw for its misadventures. although I consider this one of my child-friendly poems, (it were heavily inspired by the poem "Albert and The Lion" wrote o...

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My town, Halifax has gone through a rapid change since 2017 and the opening of the piece hall again.
with this, a whole line of musicians and artists and "outsiders" have flocked here to enjoy the "brewed to local taste" flavor of our town with the newly added additions of gin bars, vape shops, record stores etc..

But I remember the time before all this. the years of smoke-filled pubs filled wit...

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~~The Quiet Compere Tour is 'Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England'

~~Quiet Compere National Tour 2015 – Confirmed Schedule 

Date    City  Venue

Thursday 5th March  Halifax  Bar Up –
(co-host Spoken Weird)
Address: Princess Street, 5 Union Cross Yard, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 1TS

Friday 27th March  Durham The Old Cinema Laundrette

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