'Go to the poets, they will speak to thee': Rachel Davies & Hilary Robinson

Curated and hosted by poet Kim Moore, our online contemporary poetry reading series continues throughout 2025.

We will be listening to what poets have to say about our turbulent times, and how poetry can cross borders to challenge, delight and inspire us. Each event in the series is part reading, part open mic – and the theme of the open mic changes every time!

Our next event will feature two guest poets – Rachel Davies and Hilary Robinson. Rachel and Hilary will be reading from their joint collection of poems An Altogether Different Place (Beautiful Dragons Squared, 2024). This innovative and groundbreaking collection explores their experience of living and caring for loved ones with dementia.  The role of memory in the poetry of William Wordsworth is crucial – in both the construction of self and the connection to nature.

Open mic

Our open mic theme this month is to take the idea of memory as inspiration and bring a poem that explores memory in some way.  As ever, feel free to interpret the theme widely!

Open mic slots are limited and must be booked in advance.  Each open mic poem should be no longer than two minutes. Email Kim Moore at wordsworthreadingseries@outlook.com for a slot. Slots do book up quickly, so don’t leave it to the last minute!

How to book and attend

When attendees book a ticket they will receive a confirmation email which includes the Zoom registration link for this event: please use this link to sign up.

This event is a Zoom webinar and the audience will not appear on screen. If you have bought a ticket and signed up to the open mic your audio and video will be enabled during the open mic.

Five free places are available for those experiencing financial hardship that would otherwise not be able to attend. You can select this option during online checkout. If you have booked a free place and find that you can’t attend, please let us know so that we can make this available to someone else.

Automatic live captions will be provided.