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Through a glass, darkly: Winston Plowes finds poetry in an emptied pint of beer

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When you gaze down at the dregs of your coffee cup, or beer glass, what do you see? Experimental poet Winston Plowes finds poetry there. His new collection, Telephones, Love Hearts and Jellyfish: Poèmes surréalistes de l’observation des boissons, has been composed from patterns and images discovered on the sides of glasses of beer, coffee cups and other beverages. Winston said: “I have made many things in my life but this is perhaps both the strangest and most exciting and may represent a new species of book.” Winston’s latest outpourings have already been reported in Wetherspoon News, which claimed that much of the content had been inspired by beer-gazing at a Wetherspoon pub in Halifax. Winston confirmed that many of the poems in the beer chapter were indeed composed in The Percy Shaw, Halifax after the Igniting the Spark writing group. He has been publicising this new kind of poetry on a reading tour that includes Write Out Loud Sale at the Waterside arts centre on Tuesday 15 March. The book, published by Electric Press, is now available on Amazon but if you purchase a copy from Winston @ £7.99 + £1.50 p&p it will come with a dedication, a personal “cup ring mood predictor chart” and limited edition brown paper bag printed with an extra poem. To order contact Winston at winstonplowes@googlemail.com

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Steve Smythe

Wed 16th Mar 2016 19:34

Saw Winston perform at Sale's Waterside Arts Centre in Greater Manchester, on March 15th. His set was very engaging and great fun. Thanks.

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