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The
Poetry Workshop, led by David Hart, which meets quarterly in the Cathedral,
will be holding an Exhibition in the Dean's Chapel from the 6th of
March to the 2nd of April.
David
Hart began the Poetry Workshops when he was Poet in Residence at
the Cathedral in 1998-1999.
He has been leading gatherings of poets in the Cathedral ever since,
working on a variety of ideas leading to public readings in the
crypt and to a published book.
During
2000-1, the poets responded to writings in some way associated with
the Cathedral.
These included Psalm 130 - 'Out of the deep' - in many translations
and versions, the 10th century copy of the 'The Art of Poetry' in
the Cathedral Library, and Dom Murray's setting of the Gloria for
congregational singing.
In
2002, poetry work was done on number and colour, the final colour
workshop being also a celebration of the Chapter House, in which
the workshops had happened until it was closed for renovation.
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a panoramic photo taken from the cloisters
of Worcester Cathedral. |
David
Hart said "During 2003, meeting elsewhere in the Cathedral,
the poets worked in response to maps and ideas related to mapping,
not least on notions of locating themselves in poetry.
"It is this work that will form the basis of the March 2004
exhibition, along with visual responses to some of the poems from
inside and outside the workshop".
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a panoramic photo taken from the inside
of Worcester Cathedral. |
Poets
come to the workshops from Worcester and the County, and from much
further afield, Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Birmingham and beyond.
The
Dean of Worcester, The Very Reverend Peter Marshall said "I
am greatly looking forward to this exhibition that I know will feed
and inspire us for new perspectives in our lives.
"Poetry has that ability, of all art, to engage all the emotions
and give voice from the agony to the ecstasy of things both seen
and unseen.
"This exhibition may help to find ourselves in a better place
than ever before."
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a panoramic photo taken of the outside
of Worcester Cathedral. |
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