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Sarah Acton |             Black Ven

Sarah Acton | Black Ven

writer and performer for community collaboration and site response in natural and worked landscapes coast/sea/land

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  • poetry
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  • waves
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  • writing life
April 17, 2019

Creative Writing walks at Swanage Pier

Tues 4th June/ Weds 26th June/ Tues 30th July 10.30am-12pm Join me for a new season of creative writing walks at Swanage Pier: gentle walks..
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  • poem
  • poetry
  • sea
May 26, 2017

Sea Poem: Sea Quenching

  Slipping on ice-steel socks, sinking into shingled thoughts;- I’m iron-blood dripped into shimmering depths. Sword legs glide through long ago relics, and washed clean,..
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  • nature
  • poetry
  • workshop
March 4, 2017

Black Ven monthly poetry workshops

Monthly two hour poetry workshops exploring  creative ideas to develop poetry on the page and on stage. A series of practical workshops to inspire you..
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  • gig rowing
  • sea
  • writing life
November 6, 2016

Gig Rowing in Earthlines Issue 16: Black Ven

I am proud and so very thrilled to be published in Earthlines magazine this issue. My piece is a meditation on gig rowing and how..
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  • #lovethecoast
  • poem
June 24, 2016

Audio Poem – Erosion: Ammonite poems from the cliffside

Poem: Erosion (c) Sarah Acton 2016 Categories#lovethecoast poem
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  • meditation
  • poem
  • poetry
June 10, 2016

Field recording #1

field recording#1 Evidence vole carcass perfect laid thrush wraith feathers splayed vibrating frequencies heaving harmonies only immortals see  beyond boundaries -sleight augury! such oracles, We...
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  • #lovethecoast
  • poem
  • poetry
  • sea
  • Uncategorized
July 23, 2015

Poem for #lovethecoast: Cliff Path

It’s our final frontier, The last boundary of land’s reach, marked in lawless sands and pebbles deep – below us is the beach. To travel..
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  • journey
  • nature
  • sea
  • spirit of place
  • tides
  • waves
  • writing life
February 26, 2015

Wave-Maker short story collection

This winter I’ve been writing a collection of short stories to take a break from writing a novel. Wave-Maker is a series inspired by the..
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