Afri (Action from Ireland) based in Dublin, has just made this short film about it’s global issues work in schools. I feel very privileged to be working with such an inspiring and empowering organisation. Please watch if you’re a teacher, or send on to any teachers, or parents who’ d like their children to be involved in this kind of exploration.
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Learned Letters
Extremely honoured to be taking part in this 
event in the Village Bookshop, Moycullen – today Monday 28th May at 4pm.
‘Push Pull – We’re on the Move!’ – M.A.D. YOUTH THEATRE
Kwasie Boyce – drama facilitator and play director with M.A.D Youth Theatre in Ardee just posted this on Facebook. I’m so happy they did this play – taken from my collection of plays: ‘Just a Second – Exploring Global Issues through Drama & Theatre‘ published by Afri (Action from Ireland.)
‘On Friday at Ardee Hub the young people gave their first performance as a youth theatre of Push Pull- We’re on the move byPete Mullineaux as part of the community intergration programme. We are insanely proud of all of the young people who took part in this project. It is wonderful to bring youth theatre to Ardee Town and look forward to future projects, collaboration and making more theatre in this wonderful rual town.’
Garsdale Writing Residency
I’m really looking forward to facilitating this week long creative writing course (poetry) with Moya Roddy who is offering meditation sessions as well as being our guest reader. Moya’s new collection was the biggest selling poetry book at the Cuirt International Festival, following her launch this week. The dates are June 18th-24th. The course takes place in a stunningly beautiful part of West Yorkshire. Course details:
http://thegarsdaleretreat.co.uk/courses/from-inspiration-to-craft/
Cuirt Festival Spoken Word
Really excited about hosting tomorrow’s Spoken Word Platform in the Cuirt Lit Festival (Roisin Dubh 3pm) with 20 amazing finalists taking part as well as our wonderful guest poet Felispeaks. The t
op three will go on to perform at Electric Picnic.
Piper Poem
It’s a huge honour for me to see my poem ‘A Piper Prepares’ published in the latest, November 2017 issue of the Dublin piper’s magazine, An Piobaire.
http://pipers.ie/source/media/?galleryId=1138&mediaId=27618
Pete Mullineaux, Still Waters
Source: Pete Mullineaux, Still Waters
In Memory of John Coltrane
50 years this week since the death of the great Jazz saxophonist John Coltrane. I tried to capture the impact of hearing him in this poem ‘First Jazz’ from my collection How to Bake a Planet (Salmon Poetry 2016)
First Jazz
Coltrane, cool train
taking vinyl track
with swerve
and verve, hip dip
curve of lip, gravity
bending light
with thumb
and fingertip
on moon
reflecting keys –
take a winding scale from
the black bottom
of a southern swamp
up past a levee camp moan
through a blood red foam
to the cold blue gates of Heaven –
levitate a while…
like a humming bird
a back-beat drumming bird
then deviate
on the A Train
pile back on the coal train,
the engine picking up steam
hear that bell ring
tip your high hat
to the blind engineer,
catch the rattlesnake snare…
then a rumble
and a tumble
and a sudden drop
below
with a blast so low
you go down
into the molten heat
and heartbeat
of this crazy jive,
where two and two
make five
feeling in this
moment only
you are truly
ALIVE!
https://plus.google.com/107767088970285370291/posts/ex8ybkm29Cb
https://plus.google.com/107767088970285370291/posts/ex8ybkm29Cb
Live from Kennys Bookshop Ireland!
Kennys Bookshop in Galway have made recordings of a number of poets reading their work. Happy to be included!
Cuirt Spoken Word Finalists
Source: Cuirt Spoken Word Finalists
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