19:05:09 From Michael Sindler To Everyone: still some folks that are not muted 19:05:41 From Jason Conway To Everyone: First half open mic: Michael Sindler Susanne West Belinda Rimmer Lesley Constable Martin Del Toro Gutierrez Margaret Royal Frank McMahon 19:06:52 From Agata Palmer Bristol UK To Everyone: Hello Everyone, how wonderful to see you!! I am full of cold today, so will enjoy being a spectator off camera. 🙏😍 19:07:07 From Agata Palmer Bristol UK To Everyone: Lovely beginning, Josephine! x 19:07:27 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Please share your poetry links and events in the chat :0) 19:07:46 From gerald kells To Everyone: Great crab poem to stat with, Josephine. 19:08:58 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Reacted to "Great crab poem to s..." with 💯 19:11:56 From Richard Harries To Everyone: loved the crab poem 19:12:09 From Richard Harries To Everyone: Great Michael 19:14:19 From gerald kells To Everyone: Always wonderful, Michael. 19:14:39 From Ashley Edge To Everyone: your food poetry means i'm gonna have to go get something to munch lol 19:16:24 From gerald kells To Everyone: Wise and healing words indeed, Susanne. 19:16:37 From Richard Harries To Everyone: so moving Suzanne 19:17:33 From Frank McMahon To Everyone: Suzanne, such a full and empathic poem. 19:18:29 From Simon Alderwick To Everyone: magnificent 19:18:36 From Zoom user Margaret Royall To Everyone: Great wisdom 19:18:40 From S'phongo To Everyone: That was beautiful. Thank you❤️ 19:18:48 From Lesley Constable To Everyone: Beautiful, Suzanne! 19:18:56 From Michael Sindler To Everyone: Happy Birthday Belinda! 19:19:01 From Beth Brooke To Everyone: Loved that poem Susanne 19:19:03 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Please spare a donation to help us support our featured poets and run our events: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=CBNR575RFTCBE&source=url 19:19:08 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Reacted to "Loved that poem Susa..." with ♥️ 19:19:21 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Reacted to "Beautiful, Suzanne!" with 💯 19:20:16 From gerald kells To Everyone: Lovely, Belinda. 19:20:24 From Beth Brooke To Everyone: fabulous! 19:20:47 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Lovely indeed Belinda and great to have you back with us :0) 19:20:49 From Zoom user Margaret Royall To Everyone: Beautiful metaphor, Belinda 19:21:34 From Nayma Chamchoun To Everyone: your tone is so soothing Lesley 19:22:04 From Josephine Lay To Everyone: a bird song of a poem Belinda - loved it 19:22:07 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Reacted to "your tone is so soot..." with 💯 19:24:07 From gerald kells To Everyone: strange how the camera gets between us and the world. So well considered, Lesley. 19:25:12 From gerald kells To Everyone: Alice Walker has an article about why she does not take cameras on holiday. 19:25:19 From Frank McMahon To Everyone: Lesley, such a wise poem. 19:25:33 From Susanne West To Everyone: Reacted to "Beautiful, Suzanne!" with 💯 19:25:50 From Susanne West To Everyone: Reacted to "Beautiful metaphor, ..." with ❤️ 19:26:00 From Jason Conway To Everyone: If you enjoy this event consider joining us as a Friendship Member: https://www.thegloucestershirepoetrysociety.co.uk/friendship 19:26:12 From Susanne West To Everyone: Reacted to "Lesley, such a wise ..." with ❤️ 19:29:41 From gerald kells To Everyone: Thank you, Margaret. Impressive work. 19:29:57 From Susanne West To Everyone: Reacted to "Thank you, Margaret...." with 👍 19:30:07 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Reacted to "Thank you, Margaret...." with 👏 19:31:43 From Jason Conway To Everyone: What a great first half open mic! Thanks everyone. 19:32:26 From Susanne West To Everyone: Moving pieces 19:32:30 From gerald kells To Everyone: Touching, Frank. 19:32:34 From Zoom user Margaret Royall To Everyone: Enjoyed that, Frank 19:32:45 From Beth Brooke To Everyone: Really loved those 19:32:46 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Fine work as always Frank! 19:32:47 From Susanne West To Everyone: Reacted to "Touching, Frank." with ❤️ 19:40:30 From Josephine Lay To Everyone: so chilling - appalling! 19:40:37 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Reacted to "so chilling - appall..." with 💯 19:43:55 From Susanne West To Everyone: Potent, powerful 19:44:04 From Ashley Edge To Everyone: oof. important words and so powerful 19:44:43 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Heritage Aesthetics is such a brilliant collection! 19:44:59 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Reacted to "oof. important words..." with 👏 19:45:00 From Susanne West To Everyone: violence only teaches us how to keep returning to it 19:45:04 From Ashley Edge To Everyone: i'll be getting a copy for sure. vital words 19:45:31 From Susanne West To Everyone: nothing but a crumb of honest soil 19:45:54 From Pratibha Castle To Everyone: Reacted to "nothing but a crumb ..." with 😀 19:48:04 From Richard Harries To Everyone: this is wonderful Anthony 19:48:15 From S'phongo To Everyone: I thought that was part of the poem🙃 19:49:04 From Richard Harries To Everyone: if that had been Clive Oseman it would have been part of it lol 19:49:23 From Jason Conway To Everyone: A dramatic pause ;0) 19:50:10 From Frank McMahon To Everyone: The man from Porlock? 19:50:48 From Pratibha Castle To Everyone: kiss my trauma’s forehead 19:50:56 From Susanne West To Everyone: Reacted to "kiss my trauma’s for..." with 👍 19:52:21 From Susanne West To Everyone: I see my son's worry in the surge 19:52:58 From Susanne West To Everyone: our colder selves arrive 19:53:02 From Pratibha Castle To Everyone: cup of moonlight 19:54:16 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Stunning Set!! 19:54:33 From gerald kells To Everyone: Great set, Anthony. 19:54:34 From Pratibha Castle To Everyone: Powerful 19:54:38 From Richard Harries To Everyone: wonderful 19:54:39 From Simon Alderwick To Everyone: masterful 19:54:41 From S'phongo To Everyone: ❤️ 19:54:51 From Vron McIntyre To Everyone: excellent set! 19:54:53 From Frank McMahon To Everyone: Such power! 19:54:58 From Susanne West To Everyone: Wonderful, wonderful 19:55:03 From Anna Chorlton To Everyone: loved listening to those incredible poems 19:55:04 From Zoom user Margaret Royall To Everyone: What a set! I am dumbfounded! Ooof! 19:55:10 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Please spare a donation to help us support our featured poets and run our events: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=CBNR575RFTCBE&source=url 19:56:15 From Anthony Anaxagorou To Everyone: www.anthonyanaxagorou.com 19:56:26 From Frank McMahon To Everyone: My first collection At the Storms Edge, second A Different Land. 19:57:06 From Frank McMahon To Everyone: Sorry, need to leave early. Excellent evening. 19:57:07 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Please grab a cuppa during the break :0) 19:57:20 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Cheers Frank! 19:58:15 From Lisa Johnston To Everyone: Stunning first half! 20:00:06 From Zoom user Margaret Royall To Everyone: My new collection is coming soon, Toccata and Fugue, in which poems are linked to music. Other books on website: Margaretroyall.com 20:03:19 From Susanne West To Everyone: www.susannewest.com 20:04:30 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Reacted to "My new collection is..." with 👏 20:07:47 From Susanne West To Everyone: Very moving 20:08:08 From gerald kells To Everyone: Thoughtful poem, Josephine. 20:08:16 From Susanne West To Everyone: Reacted to "Thoughtful poem, Jos..." with ❤️ 20:08:45 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Second half open mic: Pratibha Castle Peter Lay Sue Finch Anna Chorlton Yĕ Yĕ Jason Conway Richard Harries Agata Palmer Gerald Kells Henrietta Lang 20:09:50 From Zoom user Margaret Royall To Everyone: Reacted to "My new collection is…" with 👏 20:09:54 From Zoom user Margaret Royall To Everyone: Removed a 👏 reaction from "My new collection is…" 20:11:49 From Jason Conway To Everyone: If you enjoy this event consider joining us as a Friendship Member: https://www.thegloucestershirepoetrysociety.co.uk/friendship 20:18:40 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Spurred on by my scars 20:21:23 From Richard Harries To Everyone: Nayma this is great 20:22:22 From Susanne West To Everyone: Potent 20:22:26 From Belinda Rimmer To Everyone: Thank you all for such an inspiring evening of poetry. 20:22:41 From gerald kells To Everyone: Thank you, Nayma, so good to hear those again. 20:22:44 From Zoom user Margaret Royall To Everyone: Wonderful, Nayma. Much food for thought in your words. 20:22:57 From Nayma Chamchoun To Everyone: my book link: https://www.micapress.co.uk/covid_wordy_wilds.aspx 20:23:08 From Nayma Chamchoun To Everyone: Reacted to "Spurred on by my sca..." with ❤️ 20:23:11 From Nayma Chamchoun To Everyone: Reacted to "Nayma this is great" with ❤️ 20:23:15 From Nayma Chamchoun To Everyone: Reacted to "Potent" with ❤️ 20:23:22 From Nayma Chamchoun To Everyone: Reacted to "Thank you, Nayma, so..." with ❤️ 20:23:25 From Lesley Constable To Everyone: Wonderful set, Nayma! 20:23:30 From Nayma Chamchoun To Everyone: Reacted to "Wonderful, Nayma. Mu..." with ❤️ 20:23:38 From Nayma Chamchoun To Everyone: Reacted to "Wonderful set, Nayma..." with ❤️ 20:23:42 From Jason Conway To Everyone: If you enjoy this event consider joining us as a Friendship Member: https://www.thegloucestershirepoetrysociety.co.uk/friendship 20:23:57 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Enter the GPS 2023 Haiku Competition visit: https://www.thegloucestershirepoetrysociety.co.uk/2023-haiku-competition 20:26:26 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Head over to Hedgehog Press for more information on Miniskirts in The Waste Land :0) 20:26:31 From Richard Harries To Everyone: Nayma this is very evocative 20:26:46 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Thank you Nayma for a wonderful set! 20:27:59 From gerald kells To Everyone: Youi evoke those days so well, Pratibha 20:28:22 From Agata Palmer Bristol UK To Everyone: Thank you so much for tonight, my wifi is pixelating you guys, so I will leave and nurse my cold for the rest of my evening. Fabulous poetry - thank you all, especially the headliners!! 🙏x 20:28:52 From Zoom user Margaret Royall To Everyone: Looking forward to your new book, Pratibha! Brilliant 20:29:23 From Pratibha Castle To Everyone: if you’’d like a book contact me on pratibhacastlepoetry@gmail.com or facebook or @pratibhacastle 20:29:50 From Pratibha Castle To Everyone: Miniskirts in The Waste Land (Hedgehog Poetry Press) 20:29:53 From Nayma Chamchoun To Everyone: Reacted to "Nayma this is very ..." with ❤️ 20:30:00 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Reacted to "Miniskirts in The Wa..." with ♥️ 20:30:03 From Nayma Chamchoun To Everyone: Reacted to "Thank you Nayma for ..." with ❤️ 20:30:14 From Zoom user Margaret Royall To Everyone: Yes, I was there, Carnaby St and all that. Great era! 20:30:45 From Lesley Constable To Everyone: Loved that, Pratibha! 20:30:55 From Pratibha Castle To Everyone: Reacted to "Loved that, Pratibha..." with 😄 20:31:11 From Pratibha Castle To Everyone: Reacted to "Looking forward to y..." with 😀 20:32:03 From Susanne West To Everyone: Beautiful 20:32:15 From gerald kells To Everyone: Love the stone circles poem, Peter. 20:32:21 From Susanne West To Everyone: Reacted to "Love the stone circl..." with 👍 20:33:13 From Richard Harries To Everyone: stone circles great and so interesting 20:33:14 From Susanne West To Everyone: the best butter didn't seem to soften things 20:33:34 From Richard Harries To Everyone: lovely Sue 20:33:36 From gerald kells To Everyone: Great, Sue. 20:33:37 From Beth Brooke To Everyone: fabulous! 20:33:44 From Sue Finch To Everyone: Thank you so much! 20:33:47 From Susanne West To Everyone: Reacted to "Thank you so much!" with ❤️ 20:33:55 From Zoom user Margaret Royall To Everyone: Enchanting, Soo. Love the bread owl. 20:35:20 From Susanne West To Everyone: we touch our child's head, aching for forgiveness 20:35:22 From Richard Harries To Everyone: Anna great really interesting 20:35:29 From Susanne West To Everyone: lovely 20:35:58 From gerald kells To Everyone: Thanks, Anna. 20:36:02 From Beth Brooke To Everyone: fantastic Ana. earth shakes out her battle cloak - brilliant 20:36:12 From Zoom user Margaret Royall To Everyone: I pictured that so well from your description, Anna. I love stone circles too. 20:36:20 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Reacted to "I pictured that so w..." with 👏 20:37:30 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Please share your poetry links in the chat everyone :0) 20:37:31 From Susanne West To Everyone: sizzling indifference 20:37:35 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Reacted to "sizzling indifference..." with 💯 20:37:40 From gerald kells To Everyone: Well-weighed words, Ye Ye. 20:37:53 From Susanne West To Everyone: filling the gaps between dishes 20:38:17 From Susanne West To Everyone: create the flavor of freedom 20:38:34 From Sue Finch To Everyone: My link in case you want to have a look…https://suefinch.co.uk/ 20:38:45 From Zoom user Margaret Royall To Everyone: Great poems , enjoyed those. 20:39:13 From Susanne West To Everyone: Yay 20:39:30 From Susanne West To Everyone: Great title 20:40:37 From gerald kells To Everyone: This poem is worryingly true, Jason. Mustang poetry. Yes. 20:40:49 From Susanne West To Everyone: Great! 20:41:17 From Susanne West To Everyone: wild words left in the pasture 20:41:43 From Nayma Chamchoun To Everyone: brilliant set Jason 20:41:44 From Zoom user Margaret Royall To Everyone: Wow, Jason, loved the new one 20:42:29 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Thanks everyone :0) 20:43:18 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Reacted to "My link in case you ..." with ♥️ 20:43:31 From gerald kells To Everyone: So tragic that this sort of thing can still happen, Richard. 20:43:40 From Susanne West To Everyone: Reacted to "So tragic that this ..." with 👍 20:44:29 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Reacted to "So tragic that this ..." with 👍 20:44:30 From Susanne West To Everyone: Very Disturbing - and great piece 20:45:27 From Zoom user Margaret Royall To Everyone: Shines a light on the realities of injustice. Shocking. 20:45:36 From Beth Brooke To Everyone: i am sorry but I have to go. Thank you so much! 20:45:44 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Thanks for coming Beth! 20:46:33 From Zoom user Margaret Royall To Everyone: I remember .Rosie Cassalls and Maria Bueno’s pink knickers, which shocked! 20:49:43 From Richard Harries To Everyone: my books AWAKENINGand ICONIC TATTOO are published by Stairwell books OF york and are on their website.Available worldwide on Amazon etc I can supply to uk signed.Both the poems i read tonight are in AWAKENING 20:49:48 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Please spare a donation to help us support our featured poets and run our events: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=CBNR575RFTCBE&source=url 20:50:51 From Susanne West To Everyone: further away as I've drawn nearer 20:51:23 From Zoom user Margaret Royall To Everyone: Apologies, I have to go now. Thank you, everyone! 20:51:51 From gerald kells To Everyone: Thanks. Do look up photos of Carrack-a-Rede on the wedb. 20:52:01 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Reacted to "Thanks. Do look up p..." with 👍 20:53:13 From gerald kells To Everyone: My book: https://www.lulu.com/shop/gerald-kells/li-fifty-one-poems/paperback/product-1wr9qwqy.html?page=1&pageSize=4 20:53:39 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Thank you Henri and Ye Ye for coming to Crafty Crows for the first time - we hope you come back soon :0) 20:53:50 From Susanne West To Everyone: Beautiful 20:54:05 From gerald kells To Everyone: Wow, Henri. Loved those. 20:55:18 From Susanne West To Everyone: I can't speak the memories out loud 20:55:43 From Susanne West To Everyone: he sent me to sleep 20:56:47 From Susanne West To Everyone: carry us to after 20:57:14 From Susanne West To Everyone: burial is survival, but it kills a piece of you 20:57:22 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Reacted to "burial is survival, ..." with ♥️ 20:57:44 From gerald kells To Everyone: What a way to end. Such a strong first poem from Ashley. Compelling and important. And a dog poem. What more can we ask for? 20:58:07 From Lisa Johnston To Everyone: Fabulous night everyone! Amazing words. 20:58:09 From Ashley Edge To Everyone: Reacted to "What a way to end. S..." with ❤️ 20:58:17 From Sue Finch To Everyone: Thank you for a wonderful evening of words. 20:58:45 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Thank you to all of you :0) 20:58:59 From Anna Chorlton To Everyone: thank you everyone for amazing evening and poems 20:59:08 From Susanne West To Everyone: Wonderful, wonderful. Thank you All 20:59:18 From Henri 07976 336646 To Everyone: thanks all really enjoyed tonight! 21:00:52 From ye ye To Everyone: thank you all. what a lovely evening! ;) 21:00:54 From Susanne West To Everyone: must leave...bye everyone 21:01:11 From Lisa Johnston To Everyone: Good night everyone, falling asleep 😴 21:01:21 From Jason Conway To Everyone: Night Lisa!