A series of three cabaret-style events taking place in the Forum at Wellcome Collection promoting connections between poetry and the medical sciences, providing a platform for new poets, and attracting new audiences to poetry. The title of the series comes from a Kenyan folk tale where a rich man’s wife wasted away despite having every material need satisfied while a poor man’s wife prospered because he fed her “the meat of the tongue” by reciting poems, telling stories and singing songs. These events take place on the second Thursday of the month; 13 March, 10 April and 8 May from 19.00 – 20.30

Thursday 8 May
Theme:The Body
Poetry about the human body, its rhythms, desires, senses and dysfunctions, featuring:
• Penelope Shuttle – A much acclaimed poet whose work includes a quasi-scientific study with the late poet Peter Redgrove about menstruation called ‘The Wise Wound.’
• Tishani Doshi – winner of the Forward Prize in 2006 for her collection ‘Countries of the Body’, she writes brilliantly about the body of the senses.
• Luke Kennard – A successful younger poet, shortlisted for the Forward Best Poetry Collection Prize in 2007, whose work offers surreal perspectives on the body, and on poetry.

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Free:

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