I attended a poetry reading by Alan Halsey and Geraldine Monk. I have only been to one poetry reading before and that was a forced event as part of GCSE English, so we're talking at least 4 years ago. I actually quite enjoyed this one, despite it being held in a lecture hall that was way too hot for my liking.
Halsey had a very lively approach to live poetry, he read dynamically using his tone of voice and volume to stress certain words and I actually found a lot of his play on words very amusing. It was during Halsey's performance that I fully understood the strong distinction between poetry and prose. I also found it much more entertaining than if I were to read it off a page.
With such a positive start to the hour, I was quite disappointed by the second poet; Geraldine Monk. Perhaps her poems are better off on paper rather than out in the open where her shrill voice pierced my eardrums and distorted the true point of her words.
About Me
- Becca
- I'm a twenty one year old student and pizza enthusiast living in Leicester. I mostly care about music, literature and other such things that keep me sane.
