Friday Is Poets Day I am Holly Stoppit’s poet-in-residence. Holly is a facilitator, performance skills teacher, theatre director and dramatherapist, specialising in live, interactive, improvised and devised performance. At the heart of all of Holly’s work is a desire to promote creative discovery and connection through play.
In my role as her radministrator, Holly has supported and nurtured the creative part of me. As CPD, in 2019 she paid for me to attend a 5-day poetry retreat at renowned creative writing organisation Arvon. I spent a week at the spectacular Lumb Bank in Yorkshire, formerly the home of poet Ted Hughes, and frequented by a cat named Ted. The tutors and fellow students massively inspired me to further delve into the possibilities of poetry.
Following the retreat I became Holly’s poet-in-residence. I have written live poetry during clown and fool performances and poems reflecting on Holly’s courses and workshops I have attended or assisted on.
These poems are published on the Holly Stoppit website here.
Readings of some of these poems are available to watch here
