Pam Thompson

by Colin

Pam read a number of her latest poems and discussed the influences surrounding them. She began with a sequence of Japanese influenced work which had the themes of Man, Master, Male Dominance and Love.

She went on with poems about being a mother. The birth of her Children, one particular line, describing her new born son, lying on her breast: 'Like a seahorse accross the chest' stood out I thought.Then came a piece about her teenage son, a 'hoodie' and the problems that created.

Other themes were woven around places,times and dates. Relationships and her love of Spain and Budapest.

Inevitably in the sequence of life, Pam finished on a section entitled 'Black Petals', life she said coming to an end.

Pam presented her work well and I am reminded that poetry is meant to be heard, it comes to life off the page.