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Celebrating the Solent | Poetry Ambassadors

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Episode notes

On this episode we find out about how Artful Scribe, the University of Southampton and Winchester Poetry Festival support young poets across the region. Hattie is joined by Matt West from Artful Scribe and Will May from the University of Southampton on the Poetry Ambassadors mentoring scheme run with support from Winchester Poetry Festival. We also hear from Eve Wright, one of the young poets mentored through the scheme.

Love poetry? You may like to listen to our episodes with children’s laureate Joseph Coelho and fellow podcasters The Amplify Project, who explore the work, lives, and inspiration of Black writers for the stage, page, and screen through a series of relaxed and intimate interviews.

Poets mentioned:

• Emily Dickinson
• T.S. Eliot
• Thomas A. Clark 
• Wilfred Owen 
• Simon Armitage 
• Kaycee Hill
• April Egan
• Caleb Parkin
• Aviva Dautch
• Romalyn Ante

 

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