tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post9082872462929613945..comments2023-11-03T11:00:07.566+00:00Comments on Displacement: Rain of Poems. Al-Saddiq Al-RaddiFiona Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10052038869211775919noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post-79741217632765668112012-07-05T18:26:15.824+01:002012-07-05T18:26:15.824+01:00I hope it won't, Tomas, there is sure to be so...I hope it won't, Tomas, there is sure to be something happening, even in August. Online listings at the Poetry London and Poetry Library websites will help identify what...Fiona Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052038869211775919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post-43584330032905579172012-06-28T18:27:11.163+01:002012-06-28T18:27:11.163+01:00I'm coming to London for the Olympics. I hope...I'm coming to London for the Olympics. I hope all the poetry wouldn't have come and gone by that time. I fully intend to immerse myself in poetic celebration for the duration, with or without Simon Armitage's help!Tom Wigginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13189757154800712984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post-60468404669930629442012-06-27T16:27:52.867+01:002012-06-27T16:27:52.867+01:00Thanks Clarissa. I agree about the translations. ...Thanks Clarissa. I agree about the translations. As for Sarah Maguire's own work, I very much like her poems on the Poetry Archive - want to read some more.Fiona Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052038869211775919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post-57074395284481838742012-06-27T13:29:14.423+01:002012-06-27T13:29:14.423+01:00Sadly I missed Rain of Poems due to another commit...Sadly I missed Rain of Poems due to another commitment, but I'm very excited about the events I will be attending this week.<br /><br />How nice that you were able to hear Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi read with Sarah Maguire. I just recently read some of his poems for the first time and was utterly blown away. As you say, I'd like to learn Arabic to read the originals. Sarah Maguire's translations seem beautiful and I've loved her own poems too.Clarissa Aykroydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08571136118573329263noreply@blogger.com