Day: October 13, 2023

Formed in a storm by the breaking of a limb

a time when wolves roamed

now I lie fallen after five hundred years

my time is taken too, like yours.

Fractured and broken sand stone walls sheep folds

the old names have been deleted a pasting over of history

that endless creep and the landscape has lost a sense of itself

I see hear your name in the old place and you haunt us still.

©robcullen29062017 published The Learned Pig.

Voices on the Bridge @ClwbyBont Pontypridd Thursday 19th October
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Starts 7.45 pm (doors open 7.30pm)
A glorious night for a rich spread of Poetry, Spoken Word & Song!

Johnny Giles Johnny Giles is a radical tour guide, poet, journalism graduate, activist and call centre refugee from Cardiff. An active member of the South Wales arts scene since 2012, Johnny has performed in Edinburgh, Merthyr, Pontypridd, Cardiff, Laugharne, London Swansea and Swindon. His debut pamphlet (Chalk Outlines, Blackheath Books) was released in 2014, a year after he suffered a breakdown midway through his degree. Other publications include CCQ Magazine, Envoi, Culture Matters, Red Poets (forthcoming), The Blackheath Counter Cultural Review and the Frequency House Poetry Slam Anthology. He writes across a range of themes including politics, mental health, social history and war. Since August he has been running a tour in association with the Wallich and Invisible Cities called Poetry Protest and Place following a 9 month stay in temporary accomodation. He now lives in Butetown.

Reading and performing with Johnny will be – Rachel Carney, Carole Burns, Sion Tomos Owen, Ben Wildsmith, Nick McGaughey, Pete Akinwunmi & Rob Cullen.

Voices on the Bridge is hosted by @ClwbyBont and is a free event!

Voices on the Bridge is organised by Rob Cullen.

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