Personal Poetry News (part 1)
Just over a year ago I attended the Poetry Book Fair in London as a volunteer. It was such an enjoyable day I volunteered again this year, but that comes later. My real point here was that after the fair I was chatting with Chrissy Williams about poetry events, I was bemoaning the general lack of poetry around the Hampshire area. (Warning number one: beware what you bemoan). I had already attended a couple of local open mics at this stage and enjoyed the evenings. What…