Mike Blouin in the crammed room opening the writers festival at the Barley Mow with his Wore Down Trust.
The book is a triple bill book of Johnny Cash, Alden Nolan and the author. Bluesmen and guitars and histories and their tangles. The working class poor men get their voices. Here’s a sample of one section from p. 74.
I have no regrets
I carry no guilt
bear no ill will
there are reductions in everything of course
But not everything dies. Not everything leaves.
See also Alastair Larwill’s write-up on the launch and if you want to see more, you literally can. The writers festival has a youtube channel and it’s here.
More poetry at the Fest includes Prairie Scene tonight, followed by spotlights on Coach House and Anansi.
Come Sunday it’s Messagio Galore followed by Lorna Crozier, Gillian Sze and myself at the Poetry Cabaret.