I'm fascinated by rap and by
hip-hop. I think there's a lot
of poetry in it. There's a lot
of anger, a lot of social energy
in it. And I think you'd better
listen to it pretty carefully,
'cause it's important.
John F. Kerry
There's no money
in poetry,
but then there's no
poetry in money, either.
Robert Graves
If Galileo had said in verse
that the world moved,
the inquisition might have
let him alone.
Thomas Hardy
The earth
without art
is just
‘eh’
Poetry is the universal
language which the heart
holds with nature and itself.
He who has a contempt for
poetry, cannot have much
respect for himself, or for
anything else.
WilliamHazlitt
Poetry is
indispensable -
if I only knew
what for.
Jean Cocteau
Wenlock Poetry Festival returns with a weekend of dynamic
and thought provoking events with activities for all ages.
This year performer and musician Benjamin Zephaniah
heads our line-up, which also includes our founding patron
and the Poet Laureate CarolAnn Duffy, reading with special
guests Imtiaz Dharker and Sean Borodale. The weekend will
be packed with other prestigious performers, and brimming
with readings, workshops and events taking place around
the town of Much Wenlock. Kit Wright will be judging our
Children & Young People’s Poetry Competition this year
and, if you feelinspired to develop your own writing and
poetry skills (or learn some new ones), then we have a
diverse programme of workshops on offer.
For further information please see
for tickets call 07561 208 841
or buy themat the box office
The Corn Exchange, High St, Much Wenlock
. . . the Perfect Place
for Poetry
Wenlock
Poetry Festival
5-7 April 2013
A poet is, before
anything else, a person
who is passionately in
love with language.
W. H. Auden
