Colchester Poetry December Sunday Matinee

Today, I attended and performed at the Colchester Poetry Sunday Matinee performance at FirstSite, Colchester.

There were eight performances in total.

Peter Turner performed three beautiful and amusing songs about life, prehistory and Guantanamo Bay of all things. 

Jonathan King delivered two very touching poems of friendship and absence, ending on a wonderful comedy limerick, which made me chuckle.

Martin Reed told a selection of amusing short stories and fables.

The screening of "Never a Cross Word" directed by David Fox was an interesting homage to the silent movies of the 1920s with a bit of slapstick thrown in.
 
Ashleagh Hat's two poems were interesting critiques of the modern world.

Alex Yeandle sang some thought provoking songs, including a wonderfully touching song of unrequited love.

The matinee closed with Tess Gardener performing three of her poems, which were powerful and expressive as always.


For my own part, I read an abridged version of  'The Mysterious Incident of the Glass Eye' - a short story I wrote earlier this year, following a writing exercise at the Colchester WriteNight meeting.  It tells the humorous tale of two police officers investigating a gruesome and mysterious death. 

To read the story on an earlier post, click on the link below.

The Mysterious Incident of the Glass Eye by Annie Bell

The Colchester Poetry Sunday Matinee takes place around the last Sunday of every month, from 2-4pm at FirstSite Colchester or 15 Queen Street.

Check for dates on the Colchester Poetry Facebook group HERE.