Refuge from the Ravens — on exhibition at Wordsworth Grasmere until early January 2023 In 1798 William Wordsworth […]
Category Archive: Refuge From the Ravens
The poet William Wordsworth wrote about encounters with people on the move, as he walked English roads and byways 200 years ago. These poems, and those of fellow poet Coleridge, were published as Lyrical Ballads in 1798. Our project is a reply, in poems and song, from people today who are affected by homelessness, or vulnerable. Supported by the Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery Players.
Workshop with Tom Harrison House, at Wordsworth Grasmere Amongst the fields and woods, I see A man standing […]
Our first workshop with Tom Harrison House in Liverpool – a glorious sunny day in the shadow of […]
Wordsworth’s Sonnets Transposed for the 21st Century I am in awe of the team at Zwiebelfish for their […]
Making the new Lyrical Ballads is a long, painstaking process, punctuated with both light and dark moments. The […]
Behind the life experience of many people in this project is fear. It surfaces briefly and then it […]
The first poem to arrive in my inbox was “As Pale As Roses Are”. Something within me stopped. […]
“4000 Miles” is one of the first poems written for Refuge from the Ravens. At the time of […]
The act of sitting in silence. Except it’s never really silence is it? There’s always the rushing world, […]
Making a ballad in answer to Wordsworth’s poem Goody Blake and Harry Gill and the current energy crisis. […]