Poetry Patter at GIF

Poetry Patter now has a Facebook page where you can follow us for updates of future events.

Some photographs from our Poetry Patter event as part of the Govanhill International Festival.

Readings included poetry from Romania, Scotland, Russia, Poland, and we also got introduced to an Arabic song.

Bee's Knees Cafe, 29/08/2020

Sharmanka's multilingual performances

As part of the Merchant City Festival, a unique story telling walk culminated at Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre where multilingual performances accompanied by Eduard Bersudsky’s marvellous mechanical sculptures celebrated Glasgow’s present, past, and its welcoming openness to the world beyond the city.

Performers in order of appearance:

Stepan Zatkulak
Ivan Nieto
Alok Samartha
Pawel Glowienka
Adnan Shamdeen
Lyn Krige
Charlie Doran
Sophie Casimira Kromholz
Marzanna Antoniak
John Cavanagh
Jo Bowie
Mo Asif

Verse Universe (audio)

photographs by Robin Mitchell

Poetry Patter

Dear all who care about words,

I'd like to invite you to join my Poetry Patter group every second Tuesday at the Govanhill Library.
I'd like this group to bring together people who were brought up in an English speaking environment, and those like me, who may be unaware of all the cultural references and often feel overwhelmed by the exquisite intricacy of the language they've been striving to master.
I am looking forward to exploring different forms of poetry, exchanging insights, and digging into meaning together with other enthusiasts of words put in the right order...

Marzanna

Verse Universe at Sharmanka 07/04/2016

Thank you everyone who took part in our evening of song and poetry from around the world the 7th of April! It was a truly inspiring gathering of great people who share a passion for music and art. Here are some photographs of the event by Robin Mitchell. 

Shehab, originally Egyptian, Clare Irish,
both part of a band called Olifant Collective,
performed an Arabic poem by Ahmed Shawky.
The poem is about missing and longing for home.

Sergiu Rotaru reading a Romanian poem by Mihai Eminescu.

Owen McAulay singing a song he wrote himself.

Olga Dominiquez reading her own poetry in Spanish.

Maria Bartosova performing in Slovakian.

Prabha Kuruppu singing a traditional Sri Lankan song about a king and his bad brother.

Marzanna Antoniak and John Cavanagh hosting the event.

A song workshop where participants learned traditional songs from Poland, Russia, Czechia and Scotland.

Once again, a huge thank you to all who attended and performed at our Verse Universe event at Sharmanka! 

Verse Universe recording

Here is a recording of our Verse Universe from the 4th of June.
We had the pleasure to hear performances in 8 languages.
Our performers in the order as they appeared on the day:

Fuad Alakbarov - traditional Azeri song
Inga Sempel - a poem in Italian

Owen McAulay and John McAulay - 'The Story of Shaker Aamer'

Amparo Fortuny - a poem in Spanish

Fadi Alchairi - an Arabic song

Macgillivray - a performance in Gaelic, English and ... 

Ivonne Iser - her own poem in German

Anna Strzałkowska - poetry in Polish

John Cavanagh - poetry of Ivor Cutler

Marzanna Antoniak - a poem in Polish

 

Rhymes From Home - recording

Here is the promissed recording of all performances from our evening of songs and poems from many homes around the world, brought to Glasgow by those who've made a new home here. Staged at Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre on 6th November 2014 amidst Eduard Bersudsky's marvellous mechanical sculptures. Enjoy! Share!

Song and poetry at Rozelle

Join us for this memorable evening of songs and poetry in different languages at Rozelle.
 

Sunday, August the 17th
6 pm - 8 pm

The Maclaurin Galleries

Rozelle Park

 Ayr, KA7 4NQ.

If you'd like to join the group of our performers please get in touch at maclaurinfestival@gmail.com

This event is part of the Cultural Connections festival. 

There will be also a poetry writing workshop earlier on the day, starting at 3 pm.

To see the full programme of free workshops and events go to: http://www.themaclaurin.org.uk/cultural-connections.asp

 

 

Multilingual Poetry Incarnation recorded

Here is a recording of our latest Multilingual Poetry Incarnation which took place on Thursday, the 1st of May at Sharmanka.

Sharmanka’s Multilinagual Poetry Incarnation was brought to you by:

Marzanna Antoniak

John Cavanagh

Anna Strzałkowska

 

In order of appearance, those who read poems were:

Anna Strzałkowska

Jim McGregor

Danuta Meyer

Maria Bartosova

John Mallon

Paweł Głowienka

Stepan Zatkulak

Susana García

Marzanna Antoniak

John Cavanagh

 

Music

Wilf James

Miro Cuba

Stepan Zatkulak

Paweł Głowienka

 

Photographs by Robin Mitchell

 

Thanks to all who contributed, and came along, to our Multilingual Poetry Incarnation.

 

 

Poetry at Sharmanka

Do join us for an evening full of rhymes and rhythms from around the world: a unique poetic happening amidst Eduard Bersudsky's marvellous mechanical sculptures in Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre.

 

Sharmanka is a special, magical place! You can look it up HERE.

 

Please note: in the best interests of giving our many voices the best chance to shine on the night, this event isn't really suitable for very young or potentially noisy children.

Sharmanka's Multilingual Poetry Incarnation recording

Here is our Sharmanka's Multilingual Poetry Incarnation recording. Enjoy!



Once again, thank you to all involved.

Poetry at Sharmanka

photo by Tatyana Jakovskaya
 

Thanks to all who contributed, and came along, to our Multilingual Poetry Incarnation.

It was such a wonderful evening and there will be future events to follow on from this one.
In order of appearance, those who read poems were:

Tatyana Jakovskaya
Jim McGregor
Saeko Yazaki
Anna Strzalkowska
Stepan Gsus Zatkulak
Hamid Navid
John Cavanagh
Colm O'Mahony
Marzanna Antoniak
Zuzanna Strzalkowska
Chinaka Odum

Our musicians:

Susan McNaughton
Stepan Gsus Zatkulak
Miro Cuba
Wilf James

 

A recording of the event shall be published within a few days...

Sharmanka's Multilingual Poetry Incarnation

For 2013's ultimate first Thursday event in the magical Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre we present an evening full of rhymes and rhythms from around the world: a unique poetic happening amidst Eduard Bersudsky's marvellous mechanical sculptures. 

 Please note: in the best interests of giving our many voices the best chance to shine on the night, this event isn't really suitable for very young or potentially noisy children.

Engaging Pictures Exhibition and Cultural Event

We were brought together to celebrate Migrant Voice's Engaging Pictures exhibition. And here is the proof of what was going on at the Govanhill Baths yesterday...



Contemplating the exhibition...

John Cavanagh - the wonderful host of the event
"Let's begin our multilingual poetry session!"

Alessandro Valenzisi reading a poem in Italian

Claire McCracken and the charming sounds of French...

Smiling at the funny sounds...

The tremendous Jim McGregor reading his poems about arriving and living in New Zealand, and leaving NZ to come back to Scotland!

Burns by Leong Teh is incredibly expressive!

Nadezhda Antonova reciting Russian poetry.
... and Tomek Emigrant capturing those precious moments...

The brilliant Anna Strzałkowska and her lively Polish onomatopoeias: TRRRACH, ZGRZYYYYT, BRZDĘK!

Odin Eidskream reading a poem in Norwegian

The lovely Vilte Vaitkute and the mysterious sounds of Lithuanian

Yajun Deng and Chinese poetry

:)

Zuzanna Strzałkowska invited everybody to recite "The Jumblies"

John introducing the lovely dancers from Maryhill Integration Network

This dance was for Karen Gordon, whose unique photographs form the Engaging Pictures exhibition.

Fiona Frank and Wilf James

Wilf James, Stepan Zatkulak and Paweł Głowienka

Thank you for the amazing tunes!!!

There was singing and dancing too - too absorbing so no pictures! :)

Migrant Voice would like to say thank you to all who attended our event in Govanhill Baths tonight! Thank you for being such a lively audience - for helping out with "The Jumblies", for singing and dancing with us!
Thank you to wonderful John Cavanagh who hosted the event!
Thank you to all beautiful poets and poetry readers:
Anna Strzalkowska
Leong Teh...
Annie Bowyer
Odin Eidskrem
Alessandro Valenzisi
Jim McGregor
Nadezhda Antonova
Hamid Navid
Peter Bowyer
Vilte Vaitkute
Claire McKracken
Yajun Deng
Zuzanna Strzalkowska
John Cavanagh
Thank you to our incredible musicians:
Pawel Glowienka
Wilf James
Stepan Gsus Zatkulak
Fiona Frank
Miro Cuba
Thank you to our charming dancers from Maryhill Integration Network:
Sharon Roulston, Mairead McColgan and Valbona Faulds
Mairead McColgan your song was beautiful!
Thank you to Tomek Emigrant and Pawel Glowienka for filming.
Thank you to Lukasz Pawlowski for all sorts of support.
We are also happy that two of our exhibition participants could be with us tonight: Hing Fung Teh and Mahdi Bahrami.

It is amazing that so many people got involved in this event! We are glad that our Engaging Pictures project has brought together so many people from different backgrounds and ages!