024: Shakespeare

024: Shakespeare

“Brevity is the soul of wit.”~ Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2 This week we gathered on a gorgeous sunny day at the Lunenburg Bandstand. We were a small but mighty group celebrating the Bard – or works inspired by him. We also had out first musical interlude! Merrill...
013: Sunsets

013: Sunsets

Slowly the west reaches for clothes of new colourswhich it passes to a row of ancient trees.~ Rainer Maria Rilke We braved the cold and gathered at the very picturesque and snowy Lunenburg Bandstand to read and discuss poems about Sunsets. Some poems touched on the...
012: Colour: Aubergine

012: Colour: Aubergine

Aubergine as colour and fruit inspired a range of poems that were funny, sensual and political. Some were a study of light, others subverted gender stereotypes. Another theme that emerged was ecstatic love poetry where the speakers questioned whether nature had...