Magical Poetry Evening
Magic is in the ether. Join poets Miriam Otto (Who Cast A Spell On Us) & Daniel McCosh (Oscillations) & our guest poets for a poetry evening
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About this event
Hello lovelies,
We promise you'll be spellbound.
Magic is in the ether. Join poets Miriam Otto (Who Cast A Spell on Us) and Daniel McCosh (Oscillations) and our 6 guest poets Anna Chorlton, Doryn Herbst, Lucy Heuschen and Christine Tokunaga from the German Poetry Stanza associated to Poetry Society. And the wonderful and talented poets Mirjam Mahler and Japhet Johnstone who are also connected to Germany and live there.
We invite you on a mystical journey to far off places that live inside their poems.
- The Reading will be in ENGLISH
- With a little and very short creative workshop
- Poems from Stardust and Nature
- FOR FREE (our gift to poetry)
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WHEN & WHERE:
Our event will be hosted on Zoom on Thursday 23rd of November.
7.30 pm Berlin time (6.30 pm BST)
Lenght of the event: 2 hours
PLEASE NOTE:
We begin on time. Please come a bit earlier. So that you can settle in. Catch a tea or your favorite beverage. We open the room at 7.20 pm. (It is a bit like in a theater. We open and close the curtains. As we have woven a red thread through the evening. You don't want to miss anything)
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OUR WONDERFUL GUESTS FROM THE GERMAN POETRY STANZA:
Come travel with us for a magical evening and celebration of the craft of poetry.
With our talented and magical guest readers and wordsmiths:
We love and cherish our wonderful poetry group (also called Stanza and which is associated to Poetry Society) as we meet once a month since 3 years. (This is awesome)
We want to take you with us on a journey full of sparks.
- Lucy Heuschen (We Wear The Crown) | a poet with passion for history, health and wellbeing. Lucy Heuschen (she/her) is a British poet living in the countryside near Bonn, Germany with her family and rescue dog. Lucy is the founder of The Rainbow Poems and editor of the Sonnets for Shakespeare anthology. She is the Poetry Society’s Stanza Representative for Germany. | www.lucyheuschen.co.uk | X @PetiteCreature1
- Doryn Herbst | poet and reviewer at Consielence science poetry journal | X @DorynHerbst
- Anna Chorlton (Cornish Folk Tales Of Place) | She is a poet who is always out and about on the moors and in the lanes of Cornwall with her note book. Anna wrote the animation scripts and tales for the Cornish folklore project, Mazed. Her audio drama The Silver Ball was produced by Alternative Stories (2021). | annachorlton.com | Instagram @chorltonanna
- Christine Tokunaga (shortlisted for the Bridport Poetry Prize) | poet | living in Berlin and Tokyo.
When a student, she began writing poetry for political events. After moving to Berlin, she began teaching young children, creating short plays and pantomimes to interest them in speaking English.
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OUR AMAZING GUESTS CONNECTED TO GERMANY
We love and cherish our talented wordsmiths and poets. And are happy and honored that they accompany us this evening.
- Mirjam Mahler | poet | living in Ulm
She writes poems and stories. She says her body is German, her heart is Spanish and her words are mostly English. She swims in cold lakes year round, hosts poetry workshops and book clubs.
mirjamwrites.com | Instagram @mirjamwrites
- Japhet Johnstone| poet |He is an American living in Berlin.
Japhet tries to find the poetry in the 1000s of words that cross his desk daily as a translator. After an intense relationship with German literature in his 20s and 30s, he laid down his pen for several years. A recent bout of nostalgia sent him excavating old journals for lyrical moments in his past. A few rough gems have surfaced and inspired him to resume attempts at bringing pen to paper.
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WHAT TO AWAIT
- A magical poetry evening
- The workshop: You don‘t have to be prepared for the creative workshop.
It will be short. Bring a note book and a pen or type into the comments. It will be fun and feel light. It is for the curious ones. The ones who love to dream.
- We DON‘T record the event so that you can feel safe and home.
- You can lean back and listen. Enjoy.
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ABOUT THE HOSTS:
Miriam and Daniel are proud to contribute to a community of
poets in the German Stanza (associated with the Poetry Society) and are
co-editing the group’s anthology.
About Daniel: Oscillations is Daniel’s latest collection of poems that explores energetic
connections, resonance and harmony in humanity. Daniel's previous works
include Escaping, Ausgang, Dream Catcher, Da Capo, Aspire and Seldom
Croaked the Hawk.
He enjoys exploring the lakes, forests and mountains in Bavaria when he is not writing,
gathering qi or gardening with Claudia at their intercultural garden in Fürth.
Daniel is also a translator from German into English and works in higher education.
About Miriam: Who Casts A Spell On Us? is Miriam's latest poetry book that will take you on a journey, explore the classical myth in a modern context, connected to European cities like Rome and Venice, making those moments fantastic. She will definetly weave magic into your life.
Miriam's previous works include Yellow Drops of Stardust and Wild Fire & Magic. She is also published in more than 30 anthologies and magazines around the world. Besides this she is the co-founder of Voices of Poets @voicesofpoets; a community of poets on Instagram where she features poets from around the world.
She is a Designer by profession, a published Poetess and an Artist with her first solo exhibition in Italy that happened year.
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Looking forward to see you!
Miriam Otto and Daniel McCosh with guest readers
Daniel: danielmccosh.com | Instagram: @danielmccoshpoet
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Miriam: DreamTravelConnect.com | Instagram @miriamo77
Frequently asked questions
Daniel McCosh writes poems in Fürth, Germany and enjoys exploring the lakes, forests and mountains in Bavaria when he is not writing, gathering qi or gardening with Claudia at their intercultural garden in Fürth. Oscillations is Daniel’s latest collection.
Miriam Otto writes poems on her journeys, most of the time in Italy where her parents live or is journaling beside the fireplace in Biebertal, Germany. Her poems are inspired by the wood behind her house, the music by her husband, conversations with poet friends and the Insta Community.
Anna Chorlton is the author of Cornish Folk Tales of Place, The History Press (2019). *** The Silver Ball, an audio drama was produced by Alternative Stories (2021). *** Her poetry was published in in Atlanta Review ( 2020), Wild Court (2021), Indigo Dreams (2022), Ice Floe Press (2022) & many more.
Mirjam Mahler‘s poems have been published in several anthologies and she is working on publishing her own collection. Mirjam is co-editing "Facing Goodbye - a poetry anthology" for The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press.
Lucy’s poems appear or are forthcoming in Ink Sweat & Tears, Skylight 47, Reach, Sarasvati, One Hand Clapping, The Storms, Obsessed with Pipework, and many more. *** Lucy’s pamphlet We Wear The Crown was published by Hedgehog Press. Her first collection will be published by Yaffle Press in 2024.
Then 10 years ago, she started to write lyrics for her son’s mix of jazz and electronic music. That lead to writing poetry again and connecting with other poets wherever she finds them. She is a member of the Germany Stanza of the Poetry Society.
- Japhet Johnstone lives in Berlin and tries to find the poetry in the 1000s of words that cross his desk daily as a translator. After an intense relationship with German literature in his 20s and 30s, a recent bout of nostalgia sent him excavating old journals for lyrical moments in his past.