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<\/a><\/p>\n \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al<\/strong><\/font> in association with <\/font>Cork City Council<\/strong><\/font>, Coventry City Council<\/strong><\/font> presents a <\/font>Cork-Coventry Twin Cities Celebration<\/strong><\/font> with poets<\/font><\/p>\n John Watson<\/strong> and Devjani Bodepudi<\/strong> John’s work has been published in HCE Magazine<\/em> and Idler Magazine<\/em>. He eventually took on the role of host at PGR, of what is possibly the longest running open mic in England. He has developed an anarchic style and beat, as he tries to avoid rhyme, or any kind of prescribed meter. He is almost convinced that this is Poetic Humanities’ only defence against Artificial Poetic Intelligence. Her debut poetry pamphlet, For the daughters carried here on the hips of their mothers<\/em> was published by Fawn Press early this year and has won the Saboteur Award 2023 for Best Poetry Pamphlet. Devjani is currently studying for her MA in Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham and is working on her second collection.
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<\/span>Inspired by modern nature writers such as Jay Griffiths and Roger Deakin, John Watson<\/strong>‘s poetry is motivated by his vivid, colourful dreams, his swims in seas and rivers, his distrust of all things dogmatic and a belief in circular, as opposed to linear time. John started to attend Pure Good and Right, an open mic night based in Leamington Spa. Here he eventually braved the floor, and read out loud for the first terrifying time. He regularly attended PGR and Fire and Dust, and has since headlined at both as featured poet. He has featured at Hush in Earlsdon and at The Sheep-dip sessions in Princethorpe. <\/p>\n
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<\/span>Devjani Bodepudi<\/strong> is a writer, poet and teacher of Indian origin who currently lives in Warwickshire. She has been published widely, including in Stanchion Zine, Sunday Mornings<\/em> at the River<\/em> and Honeyguide<\/em>. Amongst other things, Devjani has published a novel, Mirrors<\/em> (Holland House, 2019) and a children’s book, Paper Boats<\/em>, forthcoming from Parakeet Books. <\/p>\n
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