Poetry on the Lake
POETRY ON THE LAKE
Saturday, 29 OCTOBER 2022 2.30 PM
A POEM FOR THE SHELLEY BICENTENNIAL
Written and Performed by JAN NOBLE
XXII INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR & SILVER WYVERN AWARDS
ORTA SAN GIULIO ~ ISOLA ~ SACRO MONTE, ITALIA
On the 8th of July 1822 the body of the English Romantic Shelley poet washed up on the coast of Tuscany. Despite being just 29 years old he had forged a reputation as a trouble maker and settled in Italy in self-imposed exile. In times of political and social unrest that very much mirror our own, Shelley can be imagined as the first ‘woke’ or ‘snowflake poet’, champion of the repressed and unrepresented, a sensitive soul raging and wailing against injustice. He may also be regarded as the embodiment of white privilege, a baronet’s son “composed”, as Jan Noble states in his address to the poet’s statue, “of Eros, dust and daddy’s money.”
POEM FOR THE SHELLEY BICENTENNIAL gives voice to his bronze bust in Viarregio but also allows the author to recall his own personal journey, a poetic pilgrimage where old ghosts gather in the piazza, where Keats is quarantined on a cruise ship, and the presence of poetry is apparent… even at a football match in Rome, the city where Shelley’s remains are interred.
THE EVENT
Jan Noble believes “poetry should be listened to and not read”. Therefore he travels the globe eloquently performing. Join us, Saturday, October 29, 2022, in Orta San Giulia for this unique event.
JAN NOBLE
SELECTED READINGS: The ICA, London | The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, New York | Teatro Filodrammatici, Milan | Teatrino Di Palazzo Grassi, Venice | Riverside Studios, Hammersmith. BROADCASTS: Channel 4, BBC Radio, ITV.
FILM: My Name Is Swan, premiered at the Curzon, Aldgate, London [with support from the Arts Council England & the East End Film Festival]
FEATURED ARTIST: Poetry on The Lake, Italy [with Carol Ann Duffy] | Stoke Newington Literary Festival [with Irvine Welsh] | Turner Contemporary, Margate | Bowery Poetry Club, New York
COMMISSIONS: Kent Medway Museums | Heritage Lab | The Deutscher Chor London.
GUEST LECTURER: Università degli Studi di Milano | UCL.
REVIEWS
Intense and chilling | The Guardian
Poetry of strength and impact | La Stampa (Italy)
Sophisticated urban narratives | NME
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