Such a pleasure to have been a tiny part of the 101 WORDS FOR EDWIN MORGAN CENTENARY concrete poetry POSTER OF 101 ONE WORD POEMS, edited brilliantly by Julie Johnstone and Greg Thomas.

“101 poets, artists, publishers, editors and researchers were invited to send a word or a one word poem for Edwin Morgan on the occasion of his centenary. This poster is published on what would have been his 101st birthday, 27 April 2021. The contributors were given the following instructions: Each “word” must be a straight horizontal line, fifteen characters maximum in length (no minimum length), and must not include any spaces. Each letter and punctuation mark counts as a character (think of it as having fifteen presses of a typewriter’s keys to work with, except for the return key and space bar). The poster design is based on an initial arrangement of words by character count, with each group of words then arranged in alphabetical order.”

My word was URSIGN, check out all contributors and more info https://juliejohnstone.com/edwinmorgan/

Camaradefest

100 poets. 50 pairs. one day.

october saturday 25th

the rich mix arts centre : main space

12 noon til late : free entry

http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/camaradefest-ii/

Starting at 12 noon and running all day, Camaradefest will present 50 brand new collaborative works involving 100 poets working in pairs. A unique one day festival of collaborative poetry. There will a book table to browse and chat with the poets, & lengthy intermissions between each of the five sessions in which to do so. Please come, stay the day and find below the remarkable lineup of poets, writers and textual artists. Everything is free to attend, bring friends, spread the word.http://weareenemies.com/camaradefestii.html

12noon

John Clegg & Holly Corfield Carr

Nick Murray & Aki Schilz

Sarah Dawson & Robin Boothroyd

Jonah Wilberg & Lucy Furlong

Vera Chok & Sophie Herxheimer

Jon Stone & Harry Wooler

Paul Hawkins & TBA

Cali Dux & Simon Pomery

Angus Sinclair & Laura Elliott

Ross Sutherland & TBA

2pm

George Szirtes & Carol Watts

Gareth Rees & Gary Budden

Robert Kiely & Doug Jones

Mike Saunders & Emilia Weber

Tamar Yoseloff & Claire Crowther

Andy Spragg & Emma Hammond

Alan Halsey & Geraldine Monk

Nia Davies & Sarah Howe

Tim Allen & Richard Barrett

Prudence Chamberlain & Eley Williams

4pm

Hannah Silva & Andra Symons

Harry Man & Kirsten Irving

Vicky Sparrow & Dave Spittle

Agnes Lehoczky & Astrid Alben

Isobel Dixon & Claire Trevien

Edmund Hardy & Amy Cutler

Ollie Evans & Becky Varley Winter

Rebecca Tamas & Martin Jackson

Sarah Kelly & TBA

Jow Lindsay & Anne Laure Coxam

7pm

Colin Herd & Iain Morrison

Marcus Slease & JT Welsch

James Wilkes & Ariadne Radi Cor

Billy Ramsell & TBA

Sophie Collins & Livia Franchini

Nikolai Duffy & Rhys Trimble

Ryan Van Winkle & TBA

Calum Rodger & Anthony Autumn

Cristine Brache & Holly Childs

Lila Matsumoto & Samantha Walton

9pm

James Davies & Philip Terry

Nathan Jones & Christodoulos Makris

Zuzana Husarova & Olga Pek

Alison Gibb & Kimberley Campanello

Sean Bonney & nick-e melville

Luke Allan & Graeme Smith

Sam Riviere & Crispin Best

James Byrne & Sandeep Parmar

Tim Atkins & Jeff Hilson

Holly Pester & Emma Bennett