Mike Barlow |
Elizabeth Burns |
Carole Coates |
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Sarah Hymas |
Jane Routh |
Ian Seed |
We are six widely published Lancaster-based poets with many well-received collections and awards between us. As SIXFOLD we work together in themed performances.
We give readings that celebrate our varieties of approach, language and voice.
Our programmes play on contrasts and similarities.
Our poems cover personal history, relationships, story-telling, myth, humour and the surreal.
AUDIENCES SAY :
“the theme was a real force of unity that gave the programme a shaped quality, with impetus and flow, community and diversity”
“resonances and chiming between the poems enabled all sorts of subtle connections to gather in the mind”
“there was an enchanting coherence to the reading; attention didn't lapse for a moment”
“evocative; a special atmosphere: a lovely evening”
WHAT'S AVAILABLE:
Our current programmes are on the themes of:
Water
From ocean to tap water via rivers, lakes and rainfall we explore the many ways water features in our lives and imaginations.
Love them or hate them, we all have them – near or distant, known or unknown. Poems about our fathers, being fathers, and father-figures bring together disparate emotions in one powerful evening. (Particularly suitable for Fathers' Day!)
Childhood
Does it ever leave us? Poems about those formative experiences – light, dark, funny, serious – that make us who we are.
Performances last approximately 45 minutes
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Other readings:
We're always developing our programme, and we're happy to work on specially commissioned themes. All six of us continue to perform as individual poets. Here is more information about us.