Troubadours Around Town

My little North Norfolk coastal town draws talent up into it like litmus paper. We have renowned artists and writers of all stripes, who have flocked here over the years and settled. Like an East Anglian St Ives. One of them is the poet Peter Pegnall. I've been lucky enough to read at his Bright Scarf poetry nights, which have toured around the world and have now settled on regular nights at the Belfry Centre for Music and Arts in Overstrand. 

For National Poetry Day this year, Bright Scarf took a different turn and put together a group of poets who have read at The Belfry over the past few years. We set off around Sheringham, forming a poetic flash mob to read at various points around town, finishing with a gathering at Sheringham Little Theatre. 

The theme of National Poetry Day this year was 'Refuge', but we also tried to read poems that were appropriate to the places in which we read. It was lovely and unusual, and exhausting. Both physically and emotionally. We startled folk by popping up and declaiming, then moving on. The event ended with a gathering at the Sheringham Little Theatre, with more poets and music.

I was footsore, windswept and inspired, and in need of a massive glass of wine!