I’m returning to Cheltenham Poetry Festival on April 21st. Running a workshop ‘Perform Your Poems with Verve’ in the day at Sober Parrot. Tickets
Performing in the evening at Smokey Joe’s. Tickets
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2020
Contact me for guest slots etc for your events in 2020
Looking for bookings for 2020
Looking for headline/guest slots, festival and fringe bookings for 2020
National Poetry Day (Truth)
My Truth poem from a few years ago for National Poetry Day
Truth
Openness is a fine virtue
that leaves you naked
to be raided by the bone pickers
scavenging for your faults
to bring substance to their sad lives
so they can troll their messages
of lies and innuendo’s
yet the trolls will never ascend
to the beauty of your soul
that shines from beneath
the layers of your humanity
that shows the very truth
of your beautiful pure nature.
© Carol Robson
Nominated for Best Spoken Word
Although I didn’t win I’m really pleased that my show ‘70 A New Decade Of Fun’ at Greater Manchester Fringe was nominated for best Spoken Word, congratulations to Rose Condo The Empathy Experiment who won.
Greater Manchester Fringe 2019
Pleased to be returning to Greater Manchester Fringe this year. New show called ’70’. July 11th at @GulliversNQ Tickets now on sale, Get Your Ticket here:
https://manchesterfringe.eventotron.com/?event=34909
Darkness and Fear. #MentalHealth
Darkness falls over you
searching for the light
that gives purpose
the drive, the focus
that keeps you going.
Darkness and fear
choice of living
with your decisions
the roads to take
the low or high.
Living with the choices
hurting others, hurting you
dark descends again
searching for the light
your purpose
right or wrong
choices you live with .
Right choices
right time, right choices
wrong time, wrong choices
right time
whenever is
as dark clouds engulf
limpidity, distorted
illusions of worth
self-belief, disbelief
mental rejection.
Pain and anguish
fear and loathing
behind a smiley façade
Yet!
Look into the eyes
windows of the soul
see the screaming
from deep inside
of this darkness
afraid of iniquity
descending
becoming lost, forever roving
squatting in the darkest corners
of fear and darkness
of your mind.
©Carol Robson #MentalHealth
