Sharing poetry with pals
If every cloud has a silver lining. Then for the Cumulonimbus that was the pandemic, the silver lining came in the form of friendships made online, particularly on Instagram. I had already joined the poetry community prior to the breakout of COVID-19, however, during lockdown online activities increased, and the number of live events flourished. It was somewhere in the virtual world that I bumped into Andrew Horner, better known as Drew, an incredibly talented young man whose spoken word reels were always captivating (Check out his bio below). We quickly struck up a friendship and started organising live shows together, until I had to take a pause to concentrate on my forthcoming book.
Now that my book is ready to launch, we have decided to organise a couple of live shows on Instagram. We will be reading poems written to the prompts found on the slideshow to the right. Although the deadline for submissions is in a few hours we try to include late submissions in our show when possible, or read them on the following live so if you fancy tackling any of them, please do. You can find more details on our Instagram accounts.
Here is a short poem about the Sahara Desert I wrote to one of the prompts.
BIO ANDREW HORNER
Andrew is a voice over artists and poet based in Hampshire. He has been working consistently in the voice over industry since 2014. Using his voice for high profile jobs which include Bafta winning computer game Divinity Original Sin 2. Plus playing various characters in Samsungs very first VR game ‘Augmented Empire’. Clients include Emirates, Carlsberg and First Direct & Northern Ballet. Beyond the studio Andrew has just completed his first poetry book ‘My Life In Pieces’ which is now available world wide from various retailers. The book deals with mental health and breaking down those stigmas. He creates poetry for the instagram page Tales of the Nook with his artist friend Michael Felton at Square specs. He has just released a spoken word album called ‘Strong Enough To Break’ which is eight tracks that delve into the complexities of the human condition. His words are accompanied by stunning scores by Tomás Almeida from Eleven Tales Music. Andrew aims to use his pen and poetry to break down the stigmas on mental health, suicide awareness and other difficult topics, society is still uncomfortable with. He is currently working on his second book due for release next year ‘Drunk on Lies, Sober on Truth.’
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