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Glyn Maxwell: On Poetry - a talk and reading at Keats House

Tuesday 29^th May 2012 6.00pm-8.00pm, Keats House, Hampstead, London NW3 2RR

"Poets work with two materials, one’s black and one’s white. Call them sound and silence, life and death, hot and cold, love and loss" Glyn Maxwell

“The most compelling, original, charismatic and poetic guide to poetry that I can remember. A handbook written from the heart by one of the true modern masters of the craft.” Simon Armitage

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Glyn Maxwell gives a talk based on his new book of essays, On Poetry, and reads a selection of new poems. Come and enjoy exclusive free entry to the beautiful Keats House from 6pm onwards, with a drinks reception from 6.30pm. Then move next door for Glyn Maxwell’s talk and reading at Ten Keats Grove at 7pm. Tickets are free, but places are limited - RSVP to tickets@poetrysociety.org.uk by Friday 25th May to secure your place.

On Poetry is a collection of short essays and reflections on poetry from the acclaimed British poet Glyn Maxwell. These essays illustrate Maxwell’s poetic philosophy, that the greatest verse arises from a harmony of mind and body, and that poetic forms originate in human necessities – breath, heartbeat, footstep, posture. He speaks of his inspirations, his models, and takes us inside the strange world of the Creative Writing Class, where four young hopefuls grapple with love, sex, cheap wine and hard work. Illustrated with examples from canonical poets, this is a beautiful and accessible guide to the most ancient and sublime of the realms of literature.

'Maxwell is the best dramatic poet now at work in English.' Nick Laird, The Daily Telegraph.

Keats House is where the poet John Keats lived from 1818 to 1820, and is the setting that inspired some of Keat's most memorable poetry. It is also where he met and fell in love with the girl next door, Fanny Brawne. Keats House is a thriving museum dedicated not only to the poetry of John Keats but poetry in general www.keatshouse.cityoflondon.gov.uk

Oberon Books is an independent drama publisher specialising in drama and the performing arts

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