Poetry in the Sea
November 30, 2016
This post is for anyone anywhere who wonders if poetry in the sea is viable � as a reading, an event, performance art or just for fun. The answer�s yes to most of those even in testing conditions, though as a reading you�d need sea calmer than we had.
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The photo just above is of Maggi Hambling�s scallop on the beach, some way north of where we swam. The late afternoon moon is in the gap. The words are from Benjamin Britten�s opera Peter Grimes: "I hear those voices that will not be drowned".
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