Words by A Wensley

  Six Poets of the Equinox (the antithesis to the four horsemen of the apocalypse)  Assembling, We unsheathe our pens in the shadow of the Coleridge Oak. Alas our outstretched limbs do not amount to its great girth, But oh the potential! Proceeding,  We walk as one through trees of green, The clouds weep,  For Summer is passing.  The wind plays hide and seek with my vision  As my hair turns nest-like, I turn and see you. Connecting,  We pass a melee of grounded blue tits, Freshly out-cased conkers -  Flashbacks of childhood reflected on their shiny coats,  A drought of un-cupped acorns Dropped too soon, Yes, I can see you. Ascending now,  From under the hooves of huntsmen,  A golden shaft of light breaks through Fleetingly at first, on fungi, (No chicken in these woods), You glow like nature's streetlamp, At the end of arched-branched tunnels -  Life from rotting hollows; And I can see you!  For you are a beacon Autumn! And I?  I am an equal among these Alfoxton knights.  A Wensley

Hot Poets - Sparks In March-April 2022 Liv Torc brought together a group of poets (the Hot Poets: Sparks) to produce poetry on the theme of changing the 'doom narrative' in the communication of climate change information.  This followed her success with the Hot Poets project at COP26.  Each participant chose a climate conscious innovation or 'spark' to research with an expert in that field and produce a performance poem, which was developed with Liv Torc, Chris Redmond and the wider group over a series of online workshops, culminating in a performance evening. I chose to write about solar energy and approached Abi Lamberti, the most energetic of Energy Managers at Somerset County Council, to be my expert collaborator.  A book containing all the Sparks Poems from this project will be published in November by Liv Torc, to coincide with COP27. Thank you to everyone I met on this journey, I can't wait to see our work in print! Solar Dawn (read with energy) Standing

Hi, welcome to my new blogger page, if you'd like to read more of my poetry back catalogue and new poetry - as it happens, I have a Facebook page called ' Words of Compassion, Words of Peace; Poetry by A Wensley' .  Somerset has always been my home; I have a particular family and deep connection with Exmoor National Park and the Quantock Hills AONB. I write a regular Yammer blog for Somerset County Council employees on the theme of mindfulness and wellbeing, brought about by my mindful walking in the Somerset countryside and have undertaken various voluntary conservation and research activities over the years. In recent times, I have contributed to several of Frome-based poet Liv Torc's participation projects - namely Haiflu (a pandemic poetic and photographic record of the experiences of common people during the covid lockdowns) and Hot Poets Sparks (a climate change - change the doom narrative project) - a new book 'Hot Poets Sparks' is soon to be published