Lisa Kelly

Check out the Carcanet YouTube Channel. Carcanet and PN Review poets including Joe Carrick-Varty and Stav Poleg are filmed reading their poems adding an extra layer to the words on the page. I was filmed in the summer reading my poem 'ø', a tribute to my beautiful Danish mother who passed away ten years ago … Continue reading Reading ‘ø’for Carcanet YouTube Channel

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

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

Thanks to The New European and poetry editor, Briony Bax for publishing 'My Country was a Party'. Let's hope we can get the party restarted soon!