South Africa (orthographic projection) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Graph representing how many poems I have in relation to how much time I have to fill…
I had intended to post about London today but I have spent most of it preparing for tomorrow: I am due to give a poetry reading to a lunch club group.
After some discussion with the group leader, I opted for a selection of my South African poems (remember them?) and anecdotes.
What has me nervous is the time I have to take – they want me to entertain them for a whole hour.
Gulp.
Wish me luck!
The Laughing Housewife 
Oh my dear…I’m most confident that given you writing and speaking skills you’ll have no trouble presenting you fine work to them for an hour…it may not be quite long enough and they’ll have to invite you back…enjoy the time with them…it’s one of the few times you get to talk about yourself & poetry and people actually have to listen. š
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I like that perspective!
Thanks, Charlie x
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Once you start reading your poems, your passion for South Africa will take over and you will be fine. They will love listening to you.
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Thank you, Barb š
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You CAN do it, TB. I could not. (Maybe I could, if I read for about 15 minutes, called for a half-hour smoke/coffee break, & then concluded my reading for the last 15).
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š I’d come to see that š
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Good luck! Read them your poetry, have a Q and A session, and the time will fly by. š
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Here’s hoping!
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I am wishing you tremendous luck. However, you will be so taken with your passion for South Africa that the words will flow and the time will melt away without you even knowing, you will forget that you are presenting and you will simply be sharing something that you love with a group of very nice people and you know how much you love to share. It will be wonderful.:)
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Like you! xx
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š
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You will be great!
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Thank you xx
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you will do fine. you are a confident woman with a lot of good things to say
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Thank you for that, Terry š
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You will be wonderful Tilly. I wish I could be there!
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So do I! Some day, maybe?
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You will be terrific!
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Aw, shucks! š
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Hope it goes well
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Thanks!
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Tilly, you could entertain an audience for a whole lifetime! No need to worry, just be yourself. And have a lovely time.
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Bless you! xxx
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Geesh. I hope it goes well, but I think most of us have forgotten the warning about our Malteser privileges being revoked. What I’d been thinking is you were asked to only speak for an hour? How will you manage? *with a wink and a smile*
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You will be awesome! š
Me, my own mind would wander if I was to read my poems for that long. And I’d probably need a pee break.
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I’m too late, so I hope it went well. I’m sure it did (I was going to say more or less what Janie said, but she beat me to it).
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I appreciate the thought x
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