Ten Poems about Abingdon – officially released


Life-time readers of the Abingdon Blog may remember how I started collecting poems about Abingdon. There was also a request through the Abingdon Herald in January 2022 for poems.

The resulting book is now available in The Bookstore, Mostly Books, Abingdon Museum, and from TAB (The Abingdon Bridge). The Bookstore is giving all proceeds to charity but to help that can only take cash. For anybody who cannot get to any of these shops, email or drop a note to my truenym’s email (see the picture above).

The book is dedicated to Pauline Sykes, who has been running the Abingdon Share-a-poem for a long time. The group meets monthly to share poems, some self-written and others by established authors. Previous books from the group include Wellspring Words in 2007 and WAR and PEACE in 2003.

Andrew Jamison helped with selecting ten from over forty poems submitted to me. Andrew also wrote the foreword. Andrew is a teacher at Abingdon School. His poetry has been published widely in UK and Irish literary journals, and anthologies. His books of poetry include: ‘Stay’ and ‘Happy Hour’ published by The Gallery Press.

Money will go to The Abingdon Bridge, a well-being charity that supports young people aged 13-25. This does suggest the idea for a follow-up book, ‘Ten poems about young Abingdon’.

1 thought on “Ten Poems about Abingdon – officially released

  1. Hester

    I have bought the book – it is lovely – really well done to all involved. It is nice to see Boxhill Woods cropping up in a few of them – such a beautiful place.

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