IV Delivered, The helicopter’s settling on the roof, . . Six months between the song of car door, keyfob bip The Waterlines website , with Bell's poems as Canal Laureate For instance, the chapters on looking, making peace with poetry, confidence and learning from art and artists. Jo Bell at StAnza, Scotland's International Poetry Festival Jo Bell is a poet and poetry activist working across the UK. So off I went They’re behind. The shuttle buses shuttle in, and go. That doctor wants a gong, if you ask me – She doesn’t give a damn a cabin twelve by six, and Severn rising limitless.   Previous page. Her first career was in professional archaeology, and she continues to search for a meaning below the surface. it were the last drop in the well, tightened But in the next line, human industrial life arrives to break the spell: Bibliography Bell is also well-known as the former director of the UK's National Poetry Day and is the first-ever Canal Laureate of the UK, appointed by the Poetry Society and the Canal & River Trust.   like broken promises; a breathless snatch since Azhar, hauling deep for air as if Poetry Jo's global workshop group '52' won a Saboteur Award and she recently received an honorary doctorate from the University of Wolverhampton for her services to poetry. a shift of likelihoods, as if the walls Super informative and expanded my mind to the UK poetry scene. Jo was a professional archaeologist for 18 years. VII Traffic, There’s birdsong even here. in Sinfin, someone’s answering the phone. But to the poems. Her various projects include collaborative work, poems for public spaces, and workshops for all kinds of groups of people, and her poems have been published in a wide variety of magazines and anthologies. In 2014 he was named one of the Next Generation Poets by the Poetry Book Society in their once per-decade list of poets “expected to dominate the poetry landscape of the coming decade”. Verve Poetry Competition 2020: DIVERSITY; Introducing… Verve Friendship Scheme! feel foolish. or coffee. the women all apologise: the men The scan was blurry round the edge. he’s quiet, like, but told me what was what. In his coffin bunk, our skins, the channels of my wrist. It would have been so easy for her to say ‘and here’s a brilliant poem by me to illustrate what I’m after’; but she never seems to have been tempted to do that. But take it slow. The cars manoeuvre round you, ballet-slow She is a poet and performer with a blog, a website and a newly reissued book. She means well. Did you lose consciousness at all? with its icy puddle. Elsewhere in her work, Bell has written poems based on and in response to other forms; her work is full of allusions to and lines from a variety of poets, from Hopkins to Larkin and beyond. with sodden slippers and waterproof jokes are glassy landmarks in a day of corridors No romance, no quarter; little rest. What warnings, what advice would you give? Best listen, if they’re singing anyway. and plant a hedgerow bright with beetles, With Jo Bell' s Kith, the signs are there even before reading begins because this is a beautifully presented book, credit here to Heather Duncan the cover artist and publishers Nine Arches Press. is that she’s out, and in it. A workman’s …, Observe that when I speak of crates The great green YES that sweeps the days up …, There must have been a score of them, Jo Bell is a unique force in British poetry, bringing a large personality and boundless energy to both writing and promoting it. Can you wiggle that for me? I will. So, we set to work on what sometimes, on a Thursday morning, seemed an impossible challenge. I Waiting. This is my wake-up call, to Jo Bell is great on love – the reality and absurdity of it rather than the romance; the pain and the pleasure of it. This waiting – it’s another day My mind’s a wren mid-hop; there’s hawks Write about them. I Waiting. 922 likes. Poet Jo Bell is coming to the end of three years as the Canal & River Trust and Poetry Society’s first Canal Laureate. Jo Bell, award-winning poet, former director of National Poetry Day and one third of @OnThisDayShe. What small, physical things delight you? Kith, forthcoming, Nine Arches Press, Rugby, 2015 and Lesser Spotted Handbrake. There were so many wonderful lines and beautiful quotes which really touched my heart. Today, I can be anything I want. if Tomasz Shafernaker got it right Jo Bell. Birdbook II, Sidekick Books, London, 2011 Jo Bell's poetry workshop The poet invites you to consider your personal archaeology. What will the things you leave behind say about you? This, for me, was one of the most exciting aspects of Jo’s input. But ART! I wouldn’t be here if Mim hadn’t nagged. Lee Allen. Great advice, techniques, and stories from widely interviewed poets. In anthologies Poet: Jo Bell | Nationality: U.K. | Filmmaker: Alastair Cook. A sequence of seven 14-lined poems by Jo Bell, written during her residency at Royal Derby Hospitals in 2010.   The opto-bloke agreed. you’re in no mood for birdwatching today. The lobby doors We blame the parents for these ash-pale mongrels Bugged, Bell Jar, online, 2010 when he predicted thunderstorms There was more to it, alright: a tumour like a bulb against my skull. or broke a bone and fell like wobbling coins. I build projects across the UK. Formerly the director of National Poetry Day, she was the Poetry Society's first UK Canal Laureate and lives on a boat in the English Midlands. and we’re the stubborn smokers; villagers Reducing Everything to Love, Alastair Cook limited edition, 2013 At least we’ll know you might distinguish warbler from wren Jo Bell (20th century) England Jo Bell has been appointed by the Canal & River Trust and the Poetry Society as Canal Laureate for 2013 and 2014. . Jo Bell was formerly an industrial archaeologist specialising in industrial remains like mines, railways… and canals. Bell Jar. I lost my grip. Her poem 'Things Which Are: A nocturne on St Lucy's Day, after John Donne' takes the shortest day of the year, on which Donne writes, and makes it a hymn to 'the longest night of yes ' , using the form of Donne's original. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Each poem originates in a particular location in the hospital complex. Even the greyest days are flecked with song. Navigation, Moormaid, Macclesfield, 2008, reprinted 2013 Oh, I must raze the waiting rooms Her published collections (Navigation, 2008; Kith, 2015) frankly address sexual relationships, friendships and her life on the UK canals. Day 2 January freesia, hot coffee. Today, six candy-stripes of steady flame. for tests. Read Elaine Feinsteins Getting Older. Keep Going £ 14.99; Jo Bell – How to be a Poet £ 14.99; Jo Bell – Kith £ 9.99; Recent Posts. . Jo Bell is a working poet, activist and project builder. She discovered historic narrowboats and began writing poetry seriously at about the same time; and her career has since included running a fleet of historic narrowboats and acting as director of National Poetry Day for six years. I wouldn’t be here if Mim hadn’t nagged. .' Come rain or shine, come hot or cold, she’s here Further still, our hospital: moonlit, wakeful, On my two-month visit to the U.K. this summer, I was charmed by the whole canal scene. Interview with Write Out Loud Jo Bell, Navigation We are thrilled to publish the new edition of Jo Bell’s wonderful book of poetry, Navigation, of which Jo writes, ‘It includes a few poems about canal life, a few about my former life in archaeology, and many about disastrous sexual relationships (write what you know). There's quite a lot on drafting and editing 'Words are a blunt tool with which to tackle our lived experience, but they are what we have'. We made a travellers’ pact to go wherever water let us pass, together until each stood in the other’s way. Author page at Moormaid Press She runs an immensely successful web-based project called 52 and declares that her main work is 'connecting other poets'. Art from the Heart, Five Seasons Press, Hereford, 2013 Start Now. The Poetry of Sex, Penguin, London, 2014 Born and brought up in Sheffield and the Peak District, she is a boat-dweller who usually winters in the NW of England. 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