Puzzle Poets Live
This event on 7th November 2011 has past.
This event series is no longer running. It last took place on 4th September 2017.
Open Mic Event
Contact: puzzle.poets@yahoo.co.uk
Each month we have a guest poet before our open mic session.
Everyone is welcome to contribute their stanzas in the Open Mic that follows. We all get an enthusiastic encouraging welcome from the audience so why not give it a go?
Very friendly atmosphere. Good quality beers and wines; over 14 as event is in the pub
7th November 2011
This month we welcome Puzzle Hall Poets co-founder Freda Davis on to the stage. Freda began writing poetry when Elvis sang ‘Heartbreak Hotel’. Her first poem was published in Liverpool Mag azine "Phoenix 9" in the Summer of 1963 alongside Roger McGough, David Selzer and Brian Patten. Her poems are inspired by nature and the seasons, mind and body, pagan and feminist themes. Her work is funny, rhythmical and has a musical quality good for reading aloud.
She has produced two of her own collections: 'Sympathetic Magic' (1990) on inner and outer journeys, and ‘Well Woman Poems’ (2003) which brings together her observations on the struggle to stay well in an unbalanced world. Freda is also a line artist. Her magical moon calendar is widely sold and is echoed in her many, nature-based, spiritual poems.
Get there at 7.30 to get 'settled in'. The reading will begin at 8pm
Entry: donation to the hat
Time: 7.30pm for guest at 8pm
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Reviews for Puzzle Poets Live
Hello, I didn't notice the comment section had been added to our gig. That's good. Look forward to a few more WOL visitors. This month's guest sounds worth a trip.
Review is about Puzzle Poets Live at the Blind Pig on 4 Jun 2012 (event)
Hi Alexandros, Michael does sometimes read at The Puzzle (And has been a past guest) but I am not in regular contact with him. As I suspect you know, his work and the delivery of it are spellbinding. Win
Review is about Puzzle Poets Live at the Blind Pig on 7 May 2012 (event)
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Thu 3rd May 2012 20:27
Does anybody know when Michael greavy will next be reading at an Event ?
Review is about Puzzle Poets Live at the Blind Pig on 7 May 2012 (event)
Hi Julie / Jim / Catherine / Rob. You are always very welcome in Calderdale, A real breath of fresh air from Hull. Nice to chat, hopefully we will meet up again. Winston
Review is about Puzzle Poets Live at the Blind Pig on 5 Mar 2012 (event)
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Tue 6th Mar 2012 22:21
had a lovely evening four of us Jim Higo, Catherine scott, Rob Swan and Julie Corbett (Some of the Hull Carshare Poets). Warm and welcoming people, good beer and a pleasure to hear helen Mort and all the other poets.
thanks to Gaia and Sean
julie
Review is about Puzzle Poets Live at the Blind Pig on 5 Mar 2012 (event)
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Greg Freeman
Tue 6th Aug 2013 21:07
The Puzzle Hall Inn, in God's own country of Pennine West Yorkshire, is full of character, and full of characters in the adjoining bar. But Sowerby Bridge's Puzzle Poets, aided by the mic, gave as good as they got on Monday night in terms of noise - and delivered high-quality poetry, too. Guest poet Ralph Dartford read from his new collection Cigarettes, Beer and Love, and gave us two football poems as well, and spoke of his pride at being named poet-in-residence of Ossett Town FC. John Foggin maintained the Ossett connection and contributed some masterly poems from his sequence of childhood recollections; David Lindsay delivered a fevered account of some right carryings on at Luddenden Foot; other contributors included Spoken Weird's Genevieve Walsh. Write Out Loud's Julian Jordon and Greg Freeman added their twopennworth, and with Freda Davis presiding serenely over proceedings, it was no puzzle why this was a very satisfying poetry night.
Review is about Puzzle Poets Live at the Blind Pig on 5 Aug 2013 (event)