Tuesday, 27 September 2011

The Loving Of Legs

September 2009
A gentle reverie, for women who have not forgotten. Published by Lighten Up Online, Issue 15, September 2011, http://www.lightenup-online.org/

The Walled Garden


May 2009
Written for the family of a well loved neighbour. One of the runners up in the BBC Gardeners World poetry competition 2011, judged by Roger McGough.

Monday, 8 August 2011

Warwickshire Winter

March, 2011
Winner of the CPRE Warwickshire poetry competition, 2011.
Written for the competition.

Alice Bed 6, Ward 3

January 2011
This was one of two poems which won me a place on the short list for the Worcestershire Laureate in 2011. I spent a couple of days in hospital opposite Alice (85), whose local accent begged to be recorded.

Adam And Janice Were Married


October 2010
Contemporary ballad with a twist. The result of a very long bus journey.

Kathy Gee lived in Yorkshire and Devon before settling in Worcestershire in 1990. She has been an archaeologist, museum curator, public servant, leadership coach and heritage consultant, but poetry only became a powerful part of her life in 2005. She was short-listed for the Worcestershire Laureate in 2011 and her publications list is slowly emerging …