There You Are: Launch and Reading with Patrick Lodge and Guests

Join Yorkshire poet Patrick Lodge at the launch of 'There You Are', his fourth poetry collection with Valley Press.

Patrick is a much-published and prize-winning poet and this latest collection mines his Irish and Welsh roots and his travels in an exploration of who he was, who he may be and where he might be at home.

From climate crisis, Irish quays and Hebridean beaches to neolithic cairns, Welsh chapels, Irish sculpture, surfers, Greek islands and ending with a Tarot- based love poem in sonnets. "There You Are' moves through myth, history and ritual with poems characterised by Patrick's trademark sensuous delight in words and images.

Patrick will be joined on the evening by Jo Brandon and Ian Parks.

Jo Brandon has a pamphlet, Phobia, and two full-length collections: "The Learned Goose" and "Cures" published with Valley Press. Her forthcoming collection, "Dame Icarus", is due Spring 2027. Jo’s poetry has been published widely in magazines and anthologies and her work as a librettist has featured on BBC Radio 3.
Ian Parks is a poet and academic. His "Selected Poems 1983-2023" was published by Calder Valley Poetry. His translations of Cavafy were a Poetry Book Society Choice. His latest collection, "The Sons of Darkness and the Sons of Light" is published by Crooked Spire Press.

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