Dear Poetry Friends
MAY AND JUNE 2026 NEWSLETTER
ON OFFER
- Thresholds and Beginnings online (May 12)
- Poetry and Journeys at The Lamb (May 19) and online (May 27)
- Reflecting in an Age of Anxiety on the North Norfolk coast (June 28)
| ONLINE May 12, 215-345pm Thresholds and Beginnings How poetry and prose help us read and write and read more deeply MORE, AND TO BOOK, AT https://www.grahamfawcett.co.uk/event/thresholdsandbeginningsonline-2-2-2/ |
LIVE IN LONDON
May 19, 130-3pm
at The Lamb, Bloomsbury
Poetry and Journeys
Poems to be selected from Auden in China, Basho in Japan, Barrett Browning in Florence, Coleridge in the Harz Mountains, Darwish in Palestine, Lalíc in Dubrovnik, Mandelstam in Armenia, Neruda on Machu Picchu, Pushkin on the Black Sea, Rich among the American Indians and Tsvetayeva across the miles.
Ivan Aivazovsky, Alexander Pushkin on the Black Sea
MORE AT: https://www.grahamfawcett.co.uk/event/poetryandjourneyslive-2-2-2-2-2/
ONLINE
May 27, 330-5pm
Poetry and Journeys ONLINE
Image: aerial view of Dubrovnik
Poems to be selected from Auden in China, Basho in Japan, Barrett Browning in Florence, Coleridge in the Harz Mountains, Darwish in Palestine, Lalíc in Dubrovnik, Mandelstam in Armenia, Neruda on Machu Picchu, Pushkin on the Black Sea, Rich among the American Indians and Tsvetayeva across the miles.
MORE AT: https://www.grahamfawcett.co.uk/event/poetryandjourneysonline-2-2-2-2-2-2/
Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s grave in Florence
LIVE
Sunday June 28, 7pm
at Wells Maltings, Norfolk
Quayside, Wells-next-the-Sea
Reflections in an Age of Anxiety: An Evening to Calm the Soul
A CONCERT OF MUSIC AND THE SPOKEN WORD
Robin Rubenstein (piano) and Graham Fawcett (spoken voice)
There is something to be said for rising to the occasion, and the occasion is this concert. Come and be part of a very well-planned and concerted effort to raise the stakes against the prevailing atmosphere in the world. Experience just how good poetry and music can be at dealing with our dread, how uplifting and restorative, filling our arms and ears and hearts.
COMPOSERS: Antheil, Bartók, Beethoven, Byrd, Chopin, Prokofiev, Schubert, Shostakovich
POETS: Akhmatova, Apollinaire, Arnold, Auden, Dante, Donne, Ferlinghetti, MacNeice, Rich
MORE, AND TO BOOK: https://www.wellsmaltings.org.uk/events/reflections-in-an-age-of-anxiety-an-evening-to-calm-the-soul/
And if you are thinking of making a weekend of it, the coastal walks are magnificent and there is plenty of accommodation online. Closest mainline rail station is Sheringham (17 miles away) and then the Coasthopper bus service to Wells. Another option is King’s Lynn (approx. 30 miles), which offers bus connections to Wells.
‘There are few places in England where you can get so much wildness and desolation of sea and sandhills, wood, green marsh and grey saltings as at Wells in Norfolk.’ (W H Hudson)
THE ABOVE EVENT, NOW ON TOUR, IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR BOOKING TO A VENUE NEAR YOU
| Reflections in an Age of Anxiety: An Evening to Calm the Soul A CONCERT OF MUSIC AND THE SPOKEN WORD Robin Rubenstein (piano) and Graham Fawcett (spoken voice) COMPOSERS: Antheil, Bartók, Beethoven, Byrd, Chopin, Prokofiev, Schubert, Shostakovich POETS: Akhmatova, Apollinaire, Arnold, Auden, Dante, Donne, Ferlinghetti, MacNeice, Rich To book this event for a venue near you, write to Graham at [email protected] Details at https://www.grahamfawcett.co.uk/event/aneveningto-calmthesoul-2/ |
All best wishes
Graham