Suzanne Batty from the A6 Poets says, "Poetry needs to keep up to date in the areas where people are and most people live in cities now so to write about the urban environment is the way to go with poetry.

A6 Poets in the studio at Alma Park

"I think poetry increases people's confidence and encourages people to express how they feel about things. So I think that personally it's good for people who get involved in the project.

"We also wanted to raise the profile of the area, the good things and the bad things and what they like and dislike about the area and things that happen to them here."

The A6 Poets have regular workshops in the area that are open to everyone where they've written before or not. At the end of their project they hope to publish a anthology of the best poems.

Suzanne Batty talks about the A6 Poets		Suzanne Batty reads her poems
Cathy Bolton reads one of her poems		Cath Nicols reads one of her poems

You can find out more about the A6 Poets on their website at www.a6poets.org.uk/
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