Once or twice in our lifetime we
are handed the cup of divine madness. We are given an opportunity to follow our
dreams and our passions, and to honour Beauty and Love in its highest forms.
The opportunity often blows on a dangerous wind and will, more than often, test
our intention, our ripeness for it and our courage. To honour poets has long
been high on my bucket list, and this June ( June 20th – 23rd
) our Poetry committee are bravely launching the first McGregor Poetry Festival.
It was John Lennon who said that
his role in society was to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people
how to feel. Not as a preacher or a leader but as a reflection of us all. This
is the gift the poets bring to us, and it is an Art that surely deserves our
gratitude and our support.
McGregor is an ideal village for
such a festival with its misty mornings and starry skies, and its claim to be ‘on the road to nowhere’ and ‘the place where time stands still’. We
are optimistic that our festival will be an intimate, heart warming event – an
opportunity for poets to mingle with poets and lovers of poetry in front of log
fires enjoying a glass or two of our superb local red. It hopefully will also become
a platform for aspiring and undiscovered poets to voice their work.
Being set aflame with a dream is
one thing, bringing it into reality is another. Our committee has boldly risen
to the challenge. Our programme
for the festival is truly amazing with something for everyone. Take a look for
yourself at www.temenos.org.za or at www.tourismmcgregor.co.za
Where we need your help in getting the word out
there. Being a semi reclusive I am not
an expert in social media networking which I have been informed is the way to
go. Please support Poetry and our poets by navigating to our website at www.temenos.org.za, and liking us on Facebook. There is also a
link to Twitter where you can
follow the events as they unfold (You can search or comment using the
#mcgpoetryfestival). Additionally, link us to your websites or newsletters, or
whatever networking means you have. Tell
your friends to tell their friends, and let’s create an annual celebration of
the beautiful art.
We do need your help. And it’s
all for the pure love of Poetry.
Thank you for sharing the
passion.
Warm regards
Billy Kennedy
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