https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/01/26/stephen-watts-poet-x/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 28 Jan 2022 23:02:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/01/26/stephen-watts-poet-x/#comment-1447936 Fri, 28 Jan 2022 23:02:49 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190462#comment-1447936 Stephen Watts is a great poet, an indomitable shepherd of languages and cultures and should be knighted for services to London (metaphorically speaking!)

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/01/26/stephen-watts-poet-x/#comment-1447746 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:38:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190462#comment-1447746 The Poem Brick Lane will stay with me….
He has truly caught the essence of the street over the years.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/01/26/stephen-watts-poet-x/#comment-1447744 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:24:18 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190462#comment-1447744 I am in awe of people who have such a gift, to paint entire landscapes–’emotionscapes’–with words. And to be so in tune with that landscape–it’s as if the world speaks to Stephen Watts in a way I can only envy.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/01/26/stephen-watts-poet-x/#comment-1447734 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:48:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190462#comment-1447734 I have the poetry book Swirl of Words and am looking forward to seeing the exhibition!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/01/26/stephen-watts-poet-x/#comment-1447730 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 08:52:18 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190462#comment-1447730 Very moving in every respect

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