Winter Poetry Walks: through Imbolc to Equinox
with Philip Rush
Join us for five walks through the winter on reading and writing poetry, through Imbolc to the Spring Equinox.
Each walk will last about an hour and a half and will not be too demanding of energy. Each will begin at 11 am with a poem, and may be interrupted by poems which volunteers will be asked to read aloud; each walk will be followed by the sharing of one or two more poems in a pub or café. The poems and the walk should provide inspiration and ideas for work of our own. You will be asked to meet each time at a points near Stroud in Gloucestershire. Car-sharing will be gently encouraged.
The final session will enable all walkers to share their own poems in a workshop setting, poems that have been written as a result of having taken part in the walks. Everyone who contributes to a Dialect course will be invited to submit their work for publication in our annual anthology.
Only very serious bad weather will dissuade us.
Fortnightly (with a break for ‘half term’) from Wednesday January 18th 2023.
All venues will be confirmed before the start of the season.
Dates and provisional walks
January 18th Slad The Woolpack
February 1st Standish Woods The Carpenters’ Arms
February 15th Beside the Severn The Ship Inn (Saul)
March 8th Lyd Well The Tavern Inn (Kemble)
March 22nd Final sharing of poems (venue to be confirmed)
Cost £50. Tickets can be purchased from our shop here.
If you can’t make all of the walks, individual poetry walks can be purchased for £12 each - email dialectwriters@gmail.com to arrange.
About the tutor
Philip Rush was born and grew up in Middlesex. He taught English in Gloucestershire schools for forty years. He has been running an independent poetry press, Yew Tree Press, for a number of years and hosts regular poetry events at the Museum in the Park. Philip is a member of Dialect’s advisory group, has taught on Dialect courses (Throwing Clay, Poetry Journaling, Poetic Form I & II, Genius Loci Retreat and more) and led a poetry walk along the Wye in July 2021. Philip’s own poems have been in several British and Irish magazines and in anthologies from Carcanet, Bloodaxe and Seren.