Poetry Changed Me: Laurie Bolger
Shake the Dust…what a great idea! My name is Laurie Bolger and I am the Digital, Marketing and Communications Intern for Shake the Dust. I first came across poetry like many, in GCSE English whilst studying poets like John Agard and Carol Anne Duffy in the old school AQA anthologies. Poetry was the only module...
Excited to start Shaking that Dust!
Hi everybody! Right, my name is Jennifer Perry. I wish I had a stage name, but I really don’t. If anyone has any ideas, feel free to swing them over to me! I’ve grown up in East London and I’m on the brink of finishing a degree in Creative and Professional Writing. (cannot wait!) (I...
Poetry Changed Me: Peter Hayhoe
Peter Hayhoe shares how he went from scribble to featuring at festivals in today’s Poetry Changed Me post… It has been almost 3 year since I sat in the basement of the Poetry Café with my hands quavering upon an exercise book of random thoughts and ideas. I wasn’t really sure if it was poetry,...
Poetry Changed Me: Catherine Brogan
Star UK performance poet Catherine Brogan on how poetry has impacted her life… Poetry has always been my way of dealing with a world I don’t fit in to, that I can’t understand or change. At primary school I was bullied for having very dodgy pink NHS glasses, non brand name trainers and being a...
