The film version of the poetry anthology 'The Quality of Mersey' had its premiere with Wirral Festival of Firsts earlier this month. The film showcases eight poems, beginning at the source and then ending at the river's mouth.

The film is available to watch here:

https://vimeo.com/465059978

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Stockport town is upside down

Blue skies, regret for the river that was

I caught your cobble-stones with conviction

Voices from the youth skimming across the waters

Love is underfoot, under wet sand

Throw stones at the past; take care of the present; enjoy a future.

Red streaks blurring wistful meanderings

Lose yourself in the labyrinthine city

This...

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Here meet the rivers.

Goyt and Tame entwine

like destined lovers.

Here beneath

classless sixties concrete

the Mersey rises.

No one sees

this source of songs,

legends,

life itself.

We hid the source

and gave our river

to the scousers.

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