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Down to Earth and on its feet: People’s Poetry in Performance Item Info
- Title:
- Down to Earth and on its feet: People’s Poetry in Performance
- Description:
- Down to Earth and On Its Feet is a collection of poetry performed at the 1986 Avon Poetry Festival. The book aims to highlight the depth and breadth of local authorship, publishing poetry “made and performed by all sorts of people...for all sorts of people.” The subjects of the poems range from family relationships to the beauty of nature. The book also includes pictures of certain festival performances and photographs of the authors. Festival events were held in libraries, community centers, and schools, and included workshops, competitions, and performances.
- Publisher:
- Bristol Broadsides
- Creator:
- Various authors
- Contributor:
- Phil Smith Bertel Martin Grace Hewson David Williams Tony Lewis-Jones Barbara Boulton Dave Whippman Mike Pearce Ernie Ross Joe Solomon Terry Lee Benjamin Zephaniah Gladys Power Peter Mitchell Marcia Edwards Roger Penny Irene Gray Majorie Grove Helen Buckingham Gilbert Crocker Danny Price Violet Warkins Sandra Langford Liz Loxley Chris Little Jean Wallace Hathaway Roger Davie Webster Ras Levi Tafari Eugene Langes Pat Dallimore
- Date:
- 1987
- Type:
- text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Subjects:
- poetry workshops death performance family memory legends Avon Poetry Festival
- Latitude:
- 51.4641787823059
- Longitude:
- -2.58954402883575
- Location:
- Bristol
- Language:
- English
- Is a Part of:
- Trades Union Congress Library Collections, FWWCP Collection, Region 6 Southwest, Box 1
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Down to Earth and on its feet: People’s Poetry in Performance", Digital Collections, FWWCP
- Reference Link:
- https://library.bc.edu/ds/fwwcp/items/fwwcp06sw01018.html