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July’s meeting of The 1000 Monkeys was on the 5th July, the evening when an exodus of Boris Johnson’s government was heralded by the sudden resignation of Savid Javed and Rishi Sunak, (followed the next day by several lesser ministers and parliamentary secretaries.) As Simon Williams remarked, if we’d only known in time we could have written and delivered some great poems on the subject! But those poems will have to wait until August’s Monkey gathering by which time anything might have happened! (Johnson's reluctant resignation followed within the week.) |
Gillie Robic’s poems were full of wonderful imagery and included some poems from her pamphlet published in support of Ukraine charities (100% of the proceeds are donated.) You can buy the pamphlet from: https://www.livecanon.co.uk/store/product/open-skies-gillie-robic | Ranald Barnicot read his translation of ‘Autopsychography’, a poem by Fernando Passoa, the well-known Portuguese poet, and a villanelle based on the same poem. | Simon Williams had short, witty poems based on his recent attendance at Kendal Poetry Festival — a revisiting of ‘Rapunzel’as a mountain-climber; ‘A Tawny Owl’; ‘Faith is no Big Deal’ (with a killer last line!; and ‘We Get Old’. | Jenna Plewes read her moving poem ‘On the Road from Mariupol’. |
Marilyn Daish read ‘City Birds Wake up at Night’, a poem in response to climate change, and a poem on prayer and spirituality, ‘A Sense of Prayer’. Jeremy Loynes remembered ‘A Woman’s Laugh’ and had some worries about technology in ‘Smart Phone’ with the killer last line ‘Smart phones, dumb humans’. Finally, ‘Fishy Friday’, written for a child, was a catechism of fish!
Julian Bishop, who is a botanist and very much an eco-warrior, gave his views on the dwindling numbers of insects and spiders. The poem, called ‘My addiction to Squish’ dwelt with surprising gusto on the sensual pleasures of squishing and crunching those essential little animals — but he did apologise!). David Bleiman read a new poem about a dry wedding, which is to be entered in a competition (so we can’t divulge any more of the details!)
And finally Peter Ualrig Kennedy celebrated ‘Lane Sales’ where he remembers furnishing his first family home for trifling sums, together with his wife, early in their long marriage.
Next month's ZOOMING WITH THE 1000 MONKEYS is on August 2nd, when we'll do it all over again (but different!) If you would like to join us, get in touch by replying to one of our weekly newsletters and we'll send you a link every month.
Julian Bishop, who is a botanist and very much an eco-warrior, gave his views on the dwindling numbers of insects and spiders. The poem, called ‘My addiction to Squish’ dwelt with surprising gusto on the sensual pleasures of squishing and crunching those essential little animals — but he did apologise!). David Bleiman read a new poem about a dry wedding, which is to be entered in a competition (so we can’t divulge any more of the details!)
And finally Peter Ualrig Kennedy celebrated ‘Lane Sales’ where he remembers furnishing his first family home for trifling sums, together with his wife, early in their long marriage.
Next month's ZOOMING WITH THE 1000 MONKEYS is on August 2nd, when we'll do it all over again (but different!) If you would like to join us, get in touch by replying to one of our weekly newsletters and we'll send you a link every month.
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is the poetry performance series of events, hosted by Janice and Donall Dempsey at 7:30pm (GMT) on the first Tuesday of each month — nowadays it's on Zoom, and poets from all over Britain (and sometimes beyond) share their poems in friendly informal meetings online. (The videos are optional, of course.)
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