Arvon | journalread

A great week in Shropshire focussed on poetry—what a way to spend time. Wonderful surroundings, no internet or service for mobile phones, so a totally ‘cut off’ few days— very restful—and I even got some poems written! Without further ado…the photos by me unless otherwise stated. Click on an image to see larger photos in the gallery:

: John Osborne’s ‘Best View In England’ by Sid Dolbear

: Sideview of The Hurst by Sid Dolbear

: An early morning focus on the kitchen by Sid Dolbear

: John Osborne’s ‘Best View in England’

: A beautiful walk

: …and another

: Monkey Puzzle

: A clearer view of the Monkey Puzzle

: Giant Sequoias at The Hurst

: Giant Sequoias at The Hurst

: Looking up through those same trees

: A faerie tree – eyeish

: A dilapidated shed, but still glorious

: Holly at her writing desk – The Hurst

: Fun on the final night – by Richard Stephenson

: Arvon poets at The Hurst 2014 – by Richard Stephenson

: A glorious sunset at The Hurst

: Jacci reads one of her humorous poems

: John Osborne’s ‘Best View In England’

: The edge of the lake at The Hurst showing hemlock in flower

A cause for consternation
across the conurbation, ripe
with foul frustration
and no small apprehension
our tutor’s decision
to give our destination
an historical dimension
and a path to scansion and to rhyme.

He grips our attention,
oh, vision, what description!
Torrid definition.
A brief elimination,
much eradication,
elation, condemnation,
What a combination, of like
~~Poets in a room~~ Cadbury’s Fruit & Nut!

Written at Arvon during an exercise where we had to make a list of words with the either the same or a similar ending. Final two lines just changed out of mischief (!) heh-heh… 😀