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Poet, tutor, workshop leader
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Endlings
Endlings is a poem written and read by Angela France, from her Nine Arches Press poetry collection, Terminarchy. The film is created by the talented Helen Dewbery.
About Me
Angela France
For the last 30 years, I have been studying, reading, writing, and teaching poetry. For me, it is a means of examining and understanding who we are and how we live. I am always fascinated and excited about its power to communicate what is unsayable; by how ‘something that is not in the poem can creep, crawl, flash, or thunder in’ (Dylan Thomas).
Initially, I worked on my own and had some success with a few journal publications but reached a stage where I needed more input from others more skilled than I, so did an MA, then a PhD. I did not do either for the qualification but because I wanted to be in an environment, and among people, where it would be understood that the choice of a word, or the placement of a line break, really matter.
I am inspired by poets who never stop exploring and developing such as Claire Crowther, M.R. Peacocke, Mark Doty. I am also excited by the writing of my students, and by people I meet in the community. Whether it is someone reading on the open mic at ‘Buzzwords’, or a woman in prison who has never written before and didn’t think she could, I am always inspired by the human drive to communicate and make sense of our lives.
Whether it is someone reading on the open mic at ‘Buzzwords’ (the reading series I run), or a woman in prison who has never written before and didn’t think she could, I am always inspired by the human drive to communicate and make sense of our lives.
A Psychogeography
Find out more about The Hill
The book (The Hill) is a psychogeography of a hill I have walked for fifty years, blending my own experience with the rich and layered human history of the place.
Location
Cotswold Way, Leckhampton
