Bewitched words play across my tongue
and leave my lips, to dance among
the shadow-shapes, untamed, unplanned....
I am an English performance poet, specialising mainly in formal poetry such as sonnets, haiku, villanelles, terza rimas, and so forth, as well as experimenting with new and innovative forms of my own devising.
I am currently working on a collection of poetry inspired by the paintings of John William Waterhouse; the above quotation is taken from my poem The Magic Circle, written in response to Waterhouse's painting of the same name, and published in issue 2 of "Unspoken Water" magazine.
I read frequently at poetry events and venues in and around London, and I am a member of two poetry critiquing groups - Highgate Poets and the Poetry Society's North London Stanza.
My poetry has appeared in various publications, and I have been placed in several national poetry competitions, such as Poetry on the Lake, the Ware Poets' Open Poetry Competition, Cannon Poets' Sonnet or Not Competition, and Forty Hall's Poetry Postcard Competition 2011/2012.
In October 2011, I won the inaugural Pre-Raphaelite Society Poetry Prize. My relationship with the PRS has since developed and I am proud to say that I will hold the post of their first ever Poet-in-Residence from 1st May 2012 until 30th April 2013, during which time I will be commissioned to write several new pieces of poetry for the Society; give an illustrated reading; and join the Committee as a judge in their second poetry competition.
I am, with Allen Ashley, co-author of Dreaming Spheres: Poems of the Solar System, a collection of poetry inspired by the bodies and phenomena of our solar system, which we have been performing extensively at various poetry events and venues in England, including the Torbay Poetry Festival 2011, and which has been very well received.
Thank you for visiting my website.
Sarah
