Moonday Zoom event, 20th November at 8pm

[Lia]

The recording is a little bit poor, but imagine VHS and all will be well. I'm just glad to have been included and it's so nice that one of the Moonday events was finally recorded after all of these years.




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I'll be featuring with Lois P. Jones at Moonday's Poetry Event on Zoom. It will start at 8pm UK time (12 noon in the US and Canada) on Sunday, 20th November. Here's the Zoom link for the live event:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89150566162?p ... RhcjNoZz09

If anyone wants to come and watch then just keep the link safe until the night of the event. You don't have to use a video cam to watch.

If you want to read a poem in the Open, before or after the features, then contact Alice Pero (the organiser) to let her know:

pero@earthlink.net

Hope you can come along!


Lia

[Leaf]

Hope it goes well, Lia. I don't really go in for poetry readings, but I'd like to know how you got on

Bw,
Fliss

[Firebird]

Hi Lia,

I will try to make it. If nothing happens with the kids, Sunday at 8pm is a good time for me. Hope your reading goes well, which I’m sure it will do.

Cheers,

Tristan

[Lia]

Thanks Fliss. It's not everyone's cup of tea. I used to go and watch poetry readings quite a lot and certainly prefer to be in the audience. This will be my second and last feature, though I have been thinking about returning to the local open mic in the new year.

Lia

[Lia]

Hello Tristan,

I think I was replying when you were. It will be lovely if you can make it. I read a single poem at a US Zoom event last year and, halfway through, the link crashed. I'm hoping there won't be technical issues this time!

Lia

[Leaf]

Thanks Fliss. It's not everyone's cup of tea. I used to go and watch poetry readings quite a lot and certainly prefer to be in the audience. This will be my second and last feature, though I have been thinking about returning to the local open mic in the new year.

Lia

You're welcome, Lia. Ah, tea. Yes, we're all different! I'm sure you'll do wonderfully with this

Bw,
Fliss

[jisbell00]

Hi Lia,

First off, congratulations! I'm not sure what we have on this Sunday night - I believe we have a thing on Saturday - but I shall try to tune in. It's been some time since I was able to attend a poetry reading!

Cheers,
John

[Lia]

Hello John,

Many thanks. I would be lovely if you're able to make it. I assume the event is about an hour long in total. It will depend on how many read in the Open. I hope there's a good number. If you, or anyone else who is able to come along, get the sudden urge to read a poem, you're more than welcome to ask Alice Pero during the event itself.

Lia

[capricorn]

Oh, well done Lia!
I wish I could come but my autistic son is home that day, and you're reading with Lois Jones too. I'm sure it will be fantastic.

Eira

[jisbell00]

Thank you, Lia! I might just take you up on that.

All the best,
John

[Lia]

Oh, well done Lia!
I wish I could come but my autistic son is home that day, and you're reading with Lois Jones too. I'm sure it will be fantastic.

Eira

Thank you, Eira. I quite understand. Sometimes these kinds of events are recorded and put on YouTube. I don't know if that will happen this time but if it does, I'll put the link on the thread.

Just an aside, but I taught in mainstream nurseries and preschools for sixteen years or so, mainly teaching children with autism.

Lia

[Lia]

Thank you, Lia! I might just take you up on that.

All the best,
John

I hope you do, John!

Lia

[jisbell00]

That was a very nice reading, Lia! it's been a while since I've heard poetry read with a UK accent, so that was a small treat into the bargain.
THank you for inviting us!

Cheers,
John

[Lia]

I was so glad you were able to make it, John! Not only that, but that you read your wonderful poem. I couldn't quite place your accent - there was an interesting lilt to it. I'd love to know what it is.

It was a lovely event, wasn't it? It was recorded, too, so I assume it will go up on YouTube at some point for public viewing. My parents will be very happy.

Thank you again, John.

Lia

[Macavity]

[jisbell00]

Thank you for the kind words, Lia - I'm glad you liked the pelican poem!
Yes, I thought it was a very nice event as well, and I particularly liked hearing you and Lois read your work. My accent is likely mid-Atlantic in that I spent twenty years in the UK before returning to the US in 1993. Mine is a long and a sad tale...
Thanks, Phil, for posting the link!

Cheers,
John

[Macavity]

Some great reading. And accents... particularly that 'Dorset' one

[Lia]

That went up on YouTube far quicker than I thought it would, Phil! I expected at least a week. Thank you for finding it, and I'm glad you enjoyed it - that Dorset one, too! ...I had to give it a whirl at some point!

Lia

[Lia]

Thank you for the kind words, Lia - I'm glad you liked the pelican poem!
Yes, I thought it was a very nice event as well, and I particularly liked hearing you and Lois read your work. My accent is likely mid-Atlantic in that I spent twenty years in the UK before returning to the US in 1993. Mine is a long and a sad tale...
Thanks, Phil, for posting the link!

Cheers,
John

I can certainly hear an English accent, John (and no American really), but also something else... maybe Midlands? It's hard to pinpoint.

Yes, it was so lovely to hear Lois read her Freda poems. I particularly liked Mookie. The first poem, too, which I'd never heard before. The tech issues didn't faze her at all, either - it was possibly one of her best readings, though the Bath reading was excellent.

Lia

[jisbell00]

I was very impressed with how Lois handled the variety of technical obstacles her reading faced. She was unflappable! But really, the evening was enjoyable across the board.
My accent is a bit of a mystery, I guess. It happens moderately often that people think I'm Irish. As for spelling, I have reverted to American spelling pretty much throughout, (except for grey), but I do retain UK vocabulary, like bloke. There is I fear a disconnect between my written and spoken voice. I never really lived in the Midlands but I did live in East Anglia for some time.
I too very much enjoyed your Dorset sonnet.

Cheers,
John

[Lia]

Ah, then East Anglia is what I can hear, perhaps. The disconnect would depend on what you write about I suppose, John. It might even give you a wider range. Lois told me that she very much enjoyed your poem and hopes to hear you again.

I'm glad you liked the elephants poem, too. I had some great advice from Not with how the words should look on the page. It really helped when reading it.

Lia

[capricorn]

Thank you, Eira. I quite understand. Sometimes these kinds of events are recorded and put on YouTube. I don't know if that will happen this time but if it does, I'll put the link on the thread.

Just an aside, but I taught in mainstream nurseries and preschools for sixteen years or so, mainly teaching children with autism.

Lia

I'm so pleased to see it is on YouTube, Lia. I put my feet up with my laptop this afternoon and enjoyed it all. I remember your Treetop poem and the Elephant sonnet, but it was such a treat to hear you read them. Wonderful!
Good to see Lois again, reading her poems and how lovely to hear John read too. Hope you do another one next year.

Interesting to hear of your experience with autistic children. My son is 45yrs now and lives in a home for autistic people. We see him most weekends and always go for a long walk which he loves.

[Leaf]

Congrats to everyone who took part; naturally Word-Bird and I were particularly pleased to see our buddy John, but you were wonderful, Lia, as were many more

Best wishes,
Fliss

[Lia]

I'm so pleased to see it is on YouTube, Lia. I put my feet up with my laptop this afternoon and enjoyed it all. I remember your Treetop poem and the Elephant sonnet, but it was such a treat to hear you read them. Wonderful!
Good to see Lois again, reading her poems and how lovely to hear John read too. Hope you do another one next year.

I'm very glad you enjoyed it, Eira. Alice Pero has hosted the live Moonday event in L.A. for many years, and then a few zoom events, but this was the first time that it was recorded so I'm very lucky really.

Interesting to hear of your experience with autistic children. My son is 45yrs now and lives in a home for autistic people. We see him most weekends and always go for a long walk which he loves.

Ah I see. It's nice to hear that your son enjoys the long walks with you. It's the best way to spend anyone's time, I think. I actually trained and gained my qualifications whilst working in a private home for children and teenagers with severe autism and learning disabilities. I was there for four years or so before moving to mainstream.

Lia

[Lia]

Many thanks, Fliss. I'm glad you enjoyed the event. I've had the pleasure of hearing several of the poets a few times before so it was lovely to read a longside them this time.

Lia