Tiger Tiger poets, women's day and a dolphin

Last Saturday was the launch of the Tiger Tiger event at Bookmark Bloxwich. Organised by Helen Calcutt and Peter Tinkler, it was raising awareness of the plight of the tiger in the wild. it is rapidly declining and unless action is taken this incredible, inspiring beast could be lost forever.

Helen invited poets and artists to submit to her blog and the event at Bloxwich was a night of spoken word inspired by the tiger. It was headlined by Richard Bonfield who read some of his powerful, poignant poems and he also spoke passionately about the Born Free foundation. There were ten poets altogether and it was fascinating to hear the different interpretations of tiger poetry. This is a review of the night.

painting by Peter Tinkler

Last night was another brilliant night of poetry, verse and stand up comedy at the Oxfam Worcester' 'A Bit of Do.' It was to celebrate International Women's Day.

Many thanks to the organiser Amamnda Bonnick because it raised £225! It was lovely to spend the evening with friends and be well entertained.



And the dolphin? 'A freshwater dolphin found only in China is now "likely to be extinct", a team of scientists has concluded. The researchers failed to spot any Yangtze river dolphins, also known as baijis, during an extensive six-week survey of the mammals' habitat.' Richard Bonfield was kind enough to email his poem about Yangtze River Dolphin. I cried after reading it because I felt so powerless, I had no idea they were extinct. The utter, tragic shame of it.A beautiful animal, gone forever.Richard's poem was stunning, like a dream, a glimpse of the dolphin and then gone. Just like real life.

image of sadness

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