Author: lisakellypoet

Lisa Kelly is half Danish, half deaf. Her pamphlet Bloodhound is published by Hearing Eye and she is a regular host of poetry evenings at the Torriano Meeting House, London. She has an MA in Creative Writing with Distinction from Lancaster University, and is the Chair of Magma Poetry.

We are in Lockdown but Collaborations Continue with AllSaintsSessions

by lisakellypoet

Last Thursday we were supposed to be performing live at All Saints' Church, Edmonton. I had been collaborating with poet Cheryl Moskowitz and electronic composer Alastair Gavin and cellist Kate Shortt and we were looking forward to the wonderful atmosphere of the beautiful church where I have been lucky enough to have been in the … Continue reading We are in Lockdown but Collaborations Continue with AllSaintsSessions

Thanks to Jean Straus for her Lovely Review of d/Deaf Republic: Poets on d/Deafness at the Southbank in Action on Hearing Loss Magazine

by lisakellypoet

d/Deaf Republic: Poets on d/Deafness   I say I’m testing how to differentiate A unilateral ear unable to locate Between fitting in/not fitting in. Oi! Are you deaf or something?   Three poets, brought together not just for their poetry but for shared themes of deafness, drew the crowds at a recent event at London’s … Continue reading Thanks to Jean Straus for her Lovely Review of d/Deaf Republic: Poets on d/Deafness at the Southbank in Action on Hearing Loss Magazine

d/Deaf Republic: Poets on d/Deafness at Poetry International, Southbank Centre

by lisakellypoet

It was a great pleasure to read at Poetry International on Saturday with Ilya Kaminksy and Raymond Antrobus. The event was British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) and Speech-to-Text transcribed (STT), and everyone at the Southbank made us feel incredibly welcome. Particularly inspiring was meeting with d/Deaf people who had seen the event and afterwards came by … Continue reading d/Deaf Republic: Poets on d/Deafness at Poetry International, Southbank Centre