Event
Rona Campbell’s Image & Word Workshop May 9/10/11 2016 for photographers and poets. Book now 10.am-2.30pm. click on the link below.
www.wrexhamcarnivalofwords.com/2016-programme/
Carnival of Words, Wrexham Literature Festival
Enjoy working in groups with prizewinning photographer and poet Rona Campbell. Photograph Wrexham Town and then write poems to go with your images. Perform and exhibit your work in ‘Wrexham Library’ on Wednesday 11th May 2016 at 3.30pm. Total cost £20.
For further information and booking the above workshop click on the the web details below.
www.wrexhamcarnivalofwords.com/2016-programme/
Performance of ‘David of the Mines’ in Ystrad Mynach
‘David of the Mines ‘ is the prize winning, narrative poem by Rona
Campbell, that won the Sotheby’s International Poetry Competition.
The poem tells the story of a six year old child coal miner, in Ebbw
Vale in Victorian Times. In this extraordinary performance it came
home to its roots because it was performed on a slag heap in Parc
Penallta. The actors were: the author Rona Campbell; Peter Read the
famous Welsh actor; and West End actor Chris Bawden. The
performance was sponsored by Caerphilly Council and Wales’ ‘Night ‘
Out Scheme.’ It was a ‘Grown in Wales Production.’
Carnival of Words, Eagles Meadow, Wrexham
Rona Campbell will be reading her poems Monday April 20 at the Pop Up Shop, Eagles Meadow Wrexham 12.15pm – 1.00pm.
Poems for all ages – taken from her Kindle book ‘Ice Dance,’ ‘The Hedge,’ Counter-Point bublications & ‘David of the Mines,’ puplished by Arvon Foundation.
Rona currently lives in Wrexham, originally from Brecon and of Irish and Welsh parents. Rona’s Photography exhibition toured Uk 2011-2014 titled ‘Ice Dance,’ supported by Arts Council Wales.
A Mother’s Day Poem by Rona Campbell
A Mother’s Day Poem
How far back do washing-up bowls go?
Holes in rocks with abrasive moss scours or
wooden bowls, clay china and plastic.
How many hours have women stood sink-still,
stared down at their wet hands and
rinsed gallons of wishes down the drain.
Listen girls don’t grow tall enough to see your
brain stuck to the non-stick surface of pans,
or find yourself deserted by reluctant dryers.
This task, as old as laying fires, is slyly upgraded
by ethereal-liquids and rubber gloves,
is still the drudgery of scrubbers.
No CBE’s and certainly no Bachelor of Art degrees,
but my chore-score of utensils reaches twice
around the earth, and numerous plates I
spun into the couldn’t care less air, are well on their
way to the milky way, so pleased to be out of the
reach of bleach and the stink of dank dish cloths.
Men and lads free your mothers from the
bowl, before they are all washed up.
After all, do Angels believe in fairy-liquid or
polish their halloes with brillo-pads?
I suppose they eat their manna off clouds
and expect the rain to do their washing up.
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Please leave your comments below, I read them all. Thanks for stopping by and reading my poems.
Rona Campbell
Photo of Alpha Jessie Hughes – my late mother’s passport photo, taken of her during WWll
Ice Dance – Poetry & Fine Art Photography is now available to download on Kindle
Exciting news for all my poetry and photography fans!
Ice Dance: Poetry & Fine Art Photography by Rona Campbell is now available to download on Kindle.
Photographer and poet Rona Campbell launches her first book on Amazon, and wishes all her readers ‘a cool reading experience’ this summer. See the amazing ice crystal formations she found on her kitchen windows, and in Wales’ lakes, waterfalls and rivers.
Travel with her through ice and snow while you sit in warmth and comfort in your home. Learn Welsh names and scientific names of ice.
What are you favourite poems from Ice Dance? Do share your comment with me below or leave a comment in the feedback section on amazon!
Thanks again,
Rona
Winter Poetry Competition Application Form
Rona Campbell’s Photography Exhibitions ‘Ice Dance’ 2012/13
Ice Dance Photography Exhibition by Rona Campbell
Oriel Wrexham,
oriel.wrexham.gov.uk
Wrexham.
12th September – 27th October 2012
Ice Dance Exhibition Photography by Rona Campbell
Letchworth Arts Center, Herts. info@letchwortharts.org
Letchworth, SG6 3EW
7th January – February 4th
Ice Dance Photography Exhibition by Rona Campbell
Greenwich Art Gallery, Linear House, Peyton Place, Greenwich,
London SE10 8RS
11th May – 23rd May 2013
Ice Dance photography Exhibition by Rona Campbell
Swansea Grand Theatre, White Room Gallery, Singleton Street,
Swansea SA13QJ Tel: 01792478586
July 29th – 16th August Private View 1st August 6.30-9.oo
Ice Dance Photography Exhibition by Rona Campbell
Ruthin Library Gallery,
Ruthin, Denbigh, North Wales
Contact Llinos Davies 01824 705274
Sept 27th – November 23rd
Private View date to be confirmed at a later date.
Ice Dance Greenwich Gallery Exhibition
Ice Dance Exhibition opens on May 10th 2013 at Greenwich Gallery, Linear House, Peyton Place, London SE10 8RS. Private View Sat. 11th May 12pm-8.45pm. Rona Campbells Fine Art Photography of ice in Wales is grant aided by Arts Council Wales, and this is it’s fourth exhibition in 2013. “dancing shapes and hints of movement; an ice swan caught in a waterfall, an auditorium of icicle spectators, and a frozen ballet from birth to death, all captured in north Wales where she lives.” Letchworth Comet Press 10.1.2013.
Ten ice poems accompany this exhibition by prizewinning poet, Rona Campbell and the Winter Poetry Competition Prizegiving is on Mon 13th May 6.30-8.30pm. This competition has been created to accompany Ice Dance. The judges are poet & playwright Peter Read, and Aled Lewis Evans, poet and author.
‘Winter’ Poetry Competition 2013
‘Winter’ Poetry Competition UK, has grown out of Rona
Campbell’s ‘Ice Dance’ Photography www.ronacampbell.com
Application forms with s.a.e. from Winter Poetry Competition,
5 Salisbury Road, Wrexham, LL13 7AS, UK For info. ring
01978312790. Closing date 26th April 2013. Prizes £100
£65 £35. Prizegiving The Greenwich Gallery, London,
SE10 8RS on May 13th 6.30-8.30pm.
www.thegreenwichgallery.com Poems on the theme of winter.
Judges ‘Aled Lewis Evans’ and ‘Peter Read’