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Steve Griffiths reading at Castle Bookshop Ludlow, Sunday 15th May
Steve Griffiths will read from his ten-year crop of poems written in Ludlow, to say au revoir to friends in Shropshire: he and his wife Wendy are to move back to London to be closer to three sons and their families. See details on the flyer: it's 5pm in the...
Steve Griffiths reading at Poetry Upstairs, Abergavenny, 18 September
Steve Griffiths read at Poetry Upstairs, the Trading Post, Abergavenny, on 18th September, with Jeff Cloves, Alicia Stubbersfield, and Phil Bowen. Organised and presented by Ric Hool. It was great to be back in the saddle.
Steve reads his poems in a new series of videos: 6, What you took home with you from the night shift
This is a poem about a cleaner. It is at least partly about not being fully seen. View here.
Steve reads his poems in a new series of videos: 5, ‘The first Chinese spacewalker wanders off-message’
The first Chinese spacewalker wanders off-message' is published in Steve Griffiths' pamphlet 'Updrafts', published in 2020 by Fair Acre Press. Click link to buy. Profits to Ludlow Food Bank. It was originally published in Scintilla magazine. View here.
Steve reads his poems in a new series of videos: Week 4, ‘A Compelling Case’ from Weathereye: Selected Poems
I always wanted to write life-affirming poems: 'A Compelling Case' is one of those. There were poets I learned from - Pablo Neruda was crucial, and when I found Sharon Olds I was already in the right place. I think I knew by then that I had come a long way. There are...
Steve reads his poems in a new series of videos: Week 3, ‘Who brought me into the light’
Steve has recorded readings of his poems, new and old, each with a selected a single visual image to accompany it. Coming out one a week through 2021. See the recent videos page for the full collection. The third is ‘Who brought me into the light’, which is...
We knew how to make it
New Boots and Pantisocracies have published my spell for remaking the NHS, celebrating the qualities that once we called on. ...
Latest on Lockdown: are we up yet? Not yet, son.
Well, we’re up a gum tree with Covid-19. Readings from Weathereye: Selected Poems cut off in their prime. I managed to get one in at the excellent Imperial Hotel, Merthyr in February; just as the door was shutting, a reading at Oriel Môn Llangefni was virtually...
Steve Griffiths reads at Poetry Upstairs at the Trading Post, Abergavenny, Tuesday 24 March
Steve Griffiths will read from Weathereye: Selected Poems at The Trading Post, Nevill Street, Abergavenny NP7 5AA, Tuesday 24th March, 7pm for a 7:15 start, with Michael W Thomas and Phil Bowen. £5 entry.
Steve Griffiths reads at Oriel Môn, Llangefni, 10 March
Steve Griffiths will read from Weathereye: Selected Poems at Oriel Môn, Rhosmeirch, Llangefni, Ynys Môn, LL77 7TQ on Tuesday 10 March at 7.15p.m.