Dan Sluman and Mark Burnhope (by sarah)
Last night I went to a sell out event at the Cheltenham Poetry Festival were Dan Sluman and Mark Burnhope both read out their amazing works. Both explored illness and life altering events as well as the obsession with death and sex and a myrraid of other topics. All sculpted into a lyrical wonder.
Also I found the black and white mode on the camera works at low light levels were as the colour setting is all grainy.
I remember first meeting Dan at poetry cafe when it was at the museum and art gallery a few years ago and have always found his work deeply moving.
Sadly there are not more of Mark as it was a sell out gig and I couldn't move around to get pictures.
Dan's book is Absence Has A Weight Of Its Own
And Mark's is Snowboy
There was also an open mic before they started their reading - if you want to see any of the photos in a larger format just click on them.
And lastly - I love this photo I took of Mark listening to the poetry even though it came out a bit blurry.
Events and Outings, Poems | sarah | 
Tue 23rd Apr 2013 11:10 am
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