Poet Town

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>A love letter to Hastings: these poems hit you in the eye like an arrow. At turns funny melancholy and celebratory - there's all of life between these pages </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Luke Wright</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Hastings is a seaside resort with an illustrious poetic history. Once a haven for Pre-Raphaelite poets and Victorian authors it is still a hub of creativity today. A home to artists musicians and renowned contemporary writers. Edited by Richard Newham-Sullivan and with a foreword by Salena Godden this collection Poet Town: The Poetry of Hastings & Thereabouts brings together the best classic modern and spoken word poets linked to this uniquely creative coastal town.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Stunningly presented in luscious ultra-premium quality print this Deluxe Photo Edition presents over 20 portraits of the poets set in beloved beauty spots around Hastings</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>With its pockets of wilderness multi-layered history and vivid character this project has been both a love letter to Hastings and an exploration - of how these special places hold and inspire us and how they can become part of us. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Maxine Silver</em></p><p></p>