ali whitelock launches ‘Poetry of Encounter’

to express the seemingly inexpressible in the most original way possible

 it was a stellar night – Kathryn Fry

The quality of the poetry was amazing, and it was a fantastic opportunity to hear the poets themselves read their work.

ali reflected on what she had read, and on the place of poetry in the world.

The work in these pages is brilliant, heartbreaking, nourishing, tender, wise, funny, philosophical and they explore vast worlds ––from the ‘grey eyes of grandmothers’ to the ‘milky eyes of children’. ….. These poems are written in such tight, clean language that I want to keep reading and reading and reading again.  ……

 For me, poetry’s job (if poetry does indeed have a job) is to express the seemingly inexpressible in the most original way possible. This anthology is bursting with poems that do just that, from both established AND emerging writers. Anthologies are opportunities for many voices to come together and no voice in this anthology feels any less powerful or any less important than any other.  

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 In case you missed the launch, or would like to see it again, the recordings are available on our YouTube channel.

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