A Circle of Fire - Poets Take Poetry Out On The Streets

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A Circle of Fire is a 12 verse Junicho form renga written during the Grow Sheffield Renga Ramble.as part of Sheffield's festival of reading and writing 'Off the Shelf' 2007. A Circle of Fire was conceived and led by poet / artists Anne - Marie Culhane (host poet) and Paul Conneally (master poet).

A Circle of Fire takes the process of renga (collaborative linked Japanese form) from where it is usually performed in a fixed space to movement through a space (stanzas 1- 6) from Weston Park Museum through Crookes to Sheffield's urban edge on Crookes Quarry Allotments where the last 6 verse are written.

Conneally, who originally comes from Sheffield, said of the piece "It's good to be able to take the process of writing out into the streets as part of Sheffield's festival of writing and reading. Walking writing and reading in the streets changes the way that the poem is written and the very streets themselves as they become part of the process of renga" 

Nine Poets took part in the process: Paul Conneally (master poet) Anne-Marie Culhane (host poet) Felicity Stout Nadine Wills Joseph Conneally Vanessa Senger Jenny Laird Andrea Allsopp Su Walker[/q]

The full text of 'A Circle of Fire' can be found here

 UPDATE

A word map tracing the route of the Grow Sheffield / Off The Shelf Renga

Ramble from Mushroom Lane (Weston Park Museum) to organic gardening

guru Richard Clare's allotment on Crookes Quarry Allottments has now been produced by Conneally Click HERE to view the Circle of Fire Word Map.

GROW SHEFFIELD

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