Sarah Persson - Publications and Performance

Publications

Poetry Wales March 2025

Poem: Skogs Guld, 2024

Highly Commended 2024

Nation Cymru Series: September to November 2024

Poetry on SundaySarah Persson There are many different stories about Y Tylwyth Teg. One of them is that these fairy-like creatures inhabited a magical island in a lake near Brecknock. The story goes that people were able to visit their beautiful garden and be entertained each May Day, as long as nobody removed anything from the island. […]

Poetry on SundaySarah Persson One of the many brilliant things about living in Llantwit Major is the sense of creative community. Although this week’s poem isn’t based in Wales, it is founded in current Welsh culture. In the summer, local visual artist, Nick Davies, invited poetic responses to the neolithic stone circle of ‘Merry Maidens’ near St […]

Poem on Sunday: Uncle David by Sarah PerssonSarah Persson Today’s poem is inspired by an article written by a historian who writes about the Vale of Glamorgan, Graham Loveluck-Edwards. In it Graham writes that during the 18th century, superstitious sailors and their families could pay for the wind to blow in the desired direction. This would help protect them sailors from storms […]

Collaboration of Moon Merging Women with Artist Nick Davies will be on display in St Ives, until January 2025

A poem on Sunday: 'Dust' by Sarah PerssonAs part of the Creative Writing M.A I took at Swansea University, I wrote poetry about family life and folklore in both Sweden and Wales. The family home there is very rural, but only once have I ever seen an Elk. They are shy creatures, and as a noisy family, I expect we scare them […]

Poem on a Sunday: Blodhårig Vågor (Bloody-Haired Waves)We conclude our series of poems by Sarah Persson, each one illustrated by local artists in Llantwit Major. Today’s poem is accompanied by a specially created work by Ginnie Bateman. This poem moves from the Swedish and Welsh landscapes, to the sea. According to Norse mythology, the waves were all sisters with amazing names such […]

A poem on Sunday: Blodeuwedd by Sarah PerssonSarah Persson Each spring, my family visit Castle-Upon-Alun in the Vale of Glamorgan to have a picnic and see the bluebells. A couple of years ago, my daughter was playing on the riverbank and there were shrieks from an unknown bird – suddenly everything felt magical and ancient. It was as if Blodeuwedd were the […]

Poems: First Day and He knows we'll be happier here, 2021

Poem: The Bullet Wind, 2021

Poem: Memories of Rossa's Donut Stall, 2019

Performances

Tranås at the Fringe 2024

What a fantastic opportunity to perform at Tranås at the Fringe - International Arts Festival in Sweden | literature, film, dance & performing arts event this July. I mostly read poems from my dissertation collection 'Of Fire and Mist' as well as some newer poems which I felt responded to some of the ideas and discussions from the festival.

Poetry and Cocktails as part of These3Streams festival was a great event sharing such an incredible space with Rhian Edwards, Bethan Handley and Laura Sheldon - as well as having cocktails matched to each of the poets' first poems! What a night! And what an audience!

These3Streams Festival, 2023: Poetry Coodinator and Performer - Modron Eco- Night

Poetry Performance: Litteraturhus, Jönköping, Sweden 2022

These3Streams Festival 2022: Organiser

Photos from the These3Streams festival 2022.

Great to be in the planning team for this gorgeous festival: I created the website, hosted events, marshalled, performed... it was THE BEST weekend!

Watch the ITV programme from the festival: Backstage: Episode 3 | Wales Programmes (itv.com)

Listen to me talk creativity and wellbeing in lockdown in the GDST podcast. (8:25 minutes in).

Poetry and Pints Night - Second Sunday @ The Swan - ongoing

Tiger Bay Poetry

Seren's First Thursday Open Mic

Cardiff Writer's 75th Anniversary open mic. July 2022

These3Streams: Wild Seas Poetry and Lino Cut Exhibition, June 2022

Llantwit Lit Fest Poetry Exhibition, August 2021

BBC Radio Wales: Valentine Poem 2020

Llantwit Major Open Mic

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