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Thursday, 1 May 2014

extracted from W.B. Yeats for John Sharkey

I read this at the event, after the funeral, at Canolfan Byd Bychan, Aberteifi

dedicated to John Sharkey: poet, writer, artist 1936 - 2014

Mindplay: an anthology of concrete poetry editor (Lorimer 1971)
Celtic Mysteries. The Ancient Religion (Thames & Hudson, 1975)
The Road Through the Isles (Ashgate Publishing, 1986)
Ogham Monuments in Wales (Llanerch Press, 1992)
Pilgrim Ways: Grand Pilgrimage to St.Davids (Ancient Landscapes, 1994)
Celtic High Crosses of Wales (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1998)
The Meeting of the Tracks: Rock Art in Ancient Wales (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2004)
The Medicine Tree: Traditional Healing in Wales from Prehistory to the Present (Llanerch, 2009)

I have more English exams from school than necessary: Oa literature, standard set texts; Ob compulsory question on theme in Shakespeare then could be anything written in English [there was always a Chaucer question]; Use of English & A'level. I wrote poetry - I'd enjoyed writing stories and poetry in primary school. Some interesting creative writing sessions on my fine art BA with Anthony Howell. A few years later on a PGCE [post compulsory education] I saw my writing maturing, a style developing. I enjoyed writing essays [there is no novel in me], they were always very personal. In 2009 I realised I wanted to do an MA and hoped to find somewhere that had a good live art department and creative writing. Heike Roms said "you obviously don't know about Performance Writing at Dartington"....