{"id":502,"date":"2022-03-07T10:21:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T10:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vicpickup.com\/?p=502"},"modified":"2022-03-27T06:29:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T06:29:50","slug":"together-we-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vicpickup.com\/?p=502","title":{"rendered":"Together we can"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Life\u2019s full of coincidences, and sometimes there\u2019s beauty in that \u2013 the opportunity to observe connections which provide a mini-epiphany as we trundle through our everyday lives herding cats, dropping balls etc. (or maybe that\u2019s just me\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, I\u2019ve crammed my heart in my mouth as the wonderful Charlotte Gann (editor of Nell Nelson\u2019s <em>Sphinx<\/em> reviews and founder of <em>The Understory Conversation<\/em>) has published <a href=\"https:\/\/theunderstoryconversation.com\/how-words-make-it-possible\/\">a lovely conversation<\/a> between us. It truly bares my soul, and the article acts as an afterword to my journey back into poetry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s timely then that myself and my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetscafereading.co.uk\/\">Poets\u2019 Caf\u00e9<\/a> co-host Zannah Kearns will be speaking at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/together-we-can-an-international-womens-day-symposium-tickets-265787025147\"> &#8216;Together We Can&#8217; at Reading University <\/a>on International Women\u2019s Day tomorrow. We\u2019ll be talking about poetry as creative expression, the importance of having a voice and the revitalising experience of being part of a supportive community of writers. We\u2019ll be reading a few of our poems, and the work of others who have inspired us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I should probably have nerves jangling, but no, I\u2019m looking forward to the opportunity to celebrate, to reflect, and to say a prayer for those most in need of resilience and humanity in today&#8217;s uncertain world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For tickets to tomorrow&#8217;s symposium, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/together-we-can-an-international-womens-day-symposium-tickets-265787025147\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life\u2019s full of coincidences, and sometimes there\u2019s beauty in that \u2013 the opportunity to observe connections which provide a mini-epiphany as we trundle through our everyday lives herding cats, dropping balls etc. (or maybe that\u2019s just me\u2026) Today, I\u2019ve crammed my heart in my mouth as the wonderful Charlotte Gann (editor of Nell Nelson\u2019s Sphinx reviews and founder of The Understory Conversation) has published a lovely conversation between us. It truly bares my soul, and the article acts as an afterword to my journey back into poetry. It\u2019s timely then that myself and my Poets\u2019 Caf\u00e9 co-host Zannah Kearns will be speaking at &#8216;Together We Can&#8217; at Reading University on International Women\u2019s Day tomorrow. We\u2019ll be talking about poetry as creative expression, the importance of having a voice and the revitalising experience of being part of a supportive community of writers. We\u2019ll be reading a few of our poems, and the work of others who have inspired us. I should probably have nerves jangling, but no, I\u2019m looking forward to the opportunity to celebrate, to reflect, and to say a prayer for those most in need of resilience and humanity in today&#8217;s uncertain world. For tickets to tomorrow&#8217;s symposium, please [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[65,60,62,23,63],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vicpickup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/together-we-can.jpg?fit=643%2C665&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vicpickup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vicpickup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vicpickup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vicpickup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vicpickup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vicpickup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504,"href":"https:\/\/vicpickup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions\/504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vicpickup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vicpickup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vicpickup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vicpickup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}