Off the Wall Poetry

Right now, we're meeting on Mondays at 7.30 p.m. SAST on Zoom. As we go along, we’ll be making, on our Facebook page, the necessary announcements.

[Off the Wall Poetry @OTW_Poetry]

#poetry #lyrics #LeonardCohen #Hallelujah

[Kate Clanchy @KateClanchy1]

R is our school's top English student. She got 9 at GCSE. She got A at AS. She is studious, precise, deeply thoughtful. She has just had her A Level grade reduced from A* to C, apparently just because she goes to a disadvantaged school. It might help if you liked her poem.

[WriteNowLit @WriteNowLit]

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[Sam Leith 🐝 @questingvole]

And as we all go into lockdown, may I humbly offer the @spectator’s free books podcast. More than 100 talks with all sorts of writers on all sorts of subjects, hosted by me. Have a browse here https://t.co/m6xfGoMTeV

[Off the Wall Poetry @OTW_Poetry]

*All* the Sonnets of #Shakespeare

@Paul_Edmondson and @stanley_wells

#poetry #WritingCommunity

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#poetry Billy Collins

[Off the Wall Poetry @OTW_Poetry]

Meet Kris Marais on Zoom at 19h30 SAST for tonight’s OtW virtual poetry reading.

Meeting ID: 851 2588 5999
Password: 921987

Usual rules: All welcome; just pitch up; if you’re a dick, you’ll be blocked.

#CapeTown and wherever Zoom can reach.

@WhatsUpCapeTown @CapeTown

[Off the Wall Poetry @OTW_Poetry]

Billy Collins is doing daily lockdown #poetry sessions:

https://t.co/niX6MSCdPX

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Half an hour to go:

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Off the Wall Poetry Reading is going virtual via Zoom on Monday 11th May 2020 at 19h30 SAST = 18h30 British time = 13h30 Eastern Time.

#poetry @CapeTown (and now worldwide, I guess).

See Facebook post at:

https://t.co/dNxLB0lfja

[Off the Wall Poetry @OTW_Poetry]

In a little less than three hours:

[Off the Wall Poetry @OTW_Poetry]

Off the Wall Poetry Reading is going virtual via Zoom on Monday 11th May 2020 at 19h30 SAST = 18h30 British time = 13h30 Eastern Time.

#poetry @CapeTown (and now worldwide, I guess).

See Facebook post at:

https://t.co/dNxLB0lfja

[Off the Wall Poetry @OTW_Poetry]

Off the Wall Poetry Reading is going virtual via Zoom on Monday 11th May 2020 at 19h30 SAST = 18h30 British time = 13h30 Eastern Time.

#poetry @CapeTown (and now worldwide, I guess).

See Facebook post at:

https://t.co/dNxLB0lfja

[Off the Wall Poetry @OTW_Poetry]

#poetry

[Titania McGrath @TitaniaMcGrath]

For #InternationalPoetryDay, I have composed this new masterpiece.

We shall defeat the coronavirus through the power of verse.

Mark my words. ✊

[Off the Wall Poetry @OTW_Poetry]

@Boobalander Well, you’re not alone. <hug>

[Karin Schimke @karinschimke]

Coming soon!

[NYFarmer @NYFarmer]

Did you know there is such a career as "professional storyteller?" I just discovered that my twitter friend @carolynstearns tells stories as part of her livelihood. I wonder if there are other "storytellers" out there? And what kind of stories do they tell?

[Off the Wall Poetry @OTW_Poetry]

#WritingCommunity #Reading #ReadingForPleasure

[Off the Wall Poetry @OTW_Poetry]

#poetry

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[Richard de Nooy @RicharddeNooy]

SLEEP

The thing is
you need to
keep trying
to get your
feet on the
ground

Once you’re floating
among the sheets and pillows
the linen clouds stretch you closer to comfort
and complacency, acceptance and heaven

And the morphine
Oh the morphine
Like a lullaby in your veins

[Sylvia Plath @SyIviaPIIath]

I am vertical, but I would rather be horizontal.

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#poetry #RIPCliveJames #CliveJames

[Alice Jones @alicevjones]

Oh, Clive James. What a writer. Had ‘Have You Got a Biro I Can Borrow?’ at our wedding and sharing it now because it’s nice.