{"id":3671,"date":"2012-06-15T00:21:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T23:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peakepro.com\/?p=3671"},"modified":"2012-06-15T00:21:37","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T23:21:37","slug":"poetry-reading-at-losteria-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertpeake.com\/archives\/3671-poetry-reading-at-losteria-57.html","title":{"rendered":"Poetry Reading at L’Osteria 57"},"content":{"rendered":"
It was a charming and intimate gathering in the downstairs wine bar of L’Osteria 57 tonight. Despite a moving van scheduled to show up at our door all too early tomorrow morning (and packing left to go!), I’m really glad that I made it out on a rainy London night to meet up with fellow poets and poetry lovers and read a few poems.<\/p>\n
Ivy Alvarez read poems about both classical and contemporary violence, Collin Kelley read a range of humorous and poignant pieces in his striking Southern accent, Agnes Meadows read almost-love poems and paeans to womanhood, and Karen Head read a mix of revised Southern Gothics and down-but-not-out Parisian poems. The atmosphere was cheerful and inviting–so warm I had to take my jumper off by the end (it is, after all, supposed to be summer here).<\/p>\n
Many thanks to Collin for inviting me, and Agnes for organising the evening. It was delight from start to finish.<\/p>\n
Now, about those moving boxes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It was a charming and intimate gathering in the downstairs wine bar of L’Osteria 57 tonight. Despite a moving van scheduled to show up at our door all too early tomorrow morning (and packing left to go!), I’m really glad that I made it out on a rainy London night to meet up with fellow …<\/p>\n