Founder of The Poetry Machine ⚙ Trust Poet @uhbwNHS & @OUHospitals 🏥 Co-host @MilkPoetry🥛 Brave Faces & Other Smiles @vervepoetrypres 📒
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Beth Calverley retweeted
28 Aug 2024
There's also a writing & singing workshop at @ExeterLibrary the day after, book your place here:
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Beth Calverley retweeted
28 Aug 2024
House of Figs - featuring @BethCalverley of The Poetry Machine - bring an interactive, feel good theatre show, The Awkward Guide to Friendship, to @ExeterLibrary next month.
More info here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/theatre-i…
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Beth Calverley retweeted
24 Jul 2024
This weekend at @exetercustom, poet @BethCalverley will be joining us with her magical
Poetry Machine, and the weather's looking promising! 🌞
Come along on Saturday or Sunday and sign up for Beth to create a unique poem in conversation with you.
30 Jun 2024
Poet @BethCalverley will once again be joining us with her magical Poetry Machine on Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th July at @ExeterCustomHouse.
Beth will ask a few questions and weave your words into a typewritten poem to take away with you!
Find out more: quaywords.org.uk/events/the-…
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23 Jul 2024
The next @MilkPoetry event is Mon 5 Aug @WardrobeTheatre - the perfect gentle landing to counter those end of bank holiday blues.
Listen to some lovely poetry with a pal or sign up to perform some of your own in the friendly Milk slam.
thewardrobetheatre.com/shows…
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Beth Calverley retweeted
23 May 2024
We LOVED having @BethCalverley visit us at the Festival this year. After a short conversation with you, Beth will weave together a custom poem for you. She really is a poetry machine!
thepoetrymachine.live/
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5 May 2024
Happy Day of the Midwife! As a premature baby I'm here because of the specialist care I received on day one of my life.
It was a delight to create this poem, woven from verbatim threads in convo with Deirdre Fowler, Chief Nurse & Midwife at @uhbwNHS
Thank you @bwhospcharity x
5 May 2024
To celebrate #dayofthemidwife, our Chief Nurse, Deirdre Fowler, worked with Trust Poet @bethcalverley
to create this beautiful poem in 2023.
A huge thank you to all midwives at @uhbwNHS and beyond today! 💙
Beth's residency is supported by @bwhospcharity
#artsandhealth
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9 Apr 2024
Since it's more fun to write poems with people than add copy to my website, it's been on my to do list for ages... until now! Please share with anyone in healthcare, community events, placemaking, workplace support, or weddings. Built by @MattRibbins 🕸️📍thepoetrymachine.live
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Beth Calverley retweeted
4 Apr 2024
Join us at our FREE poetry hub and poem activities this April.
Talks and events to inspire poets to write, with @WinPoetryFest.
Plus, free poems for you by @BethCalverley and her Poetry Machine.
#napowrimo #poetrycommunity #poemaday #bournemouth
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Beth Calverley retweeted
26 Mar 2024
A huge thank you to @dorsetmag for a 🔥 double-page spread (and a mention on front cover) in April's edition.
Lots of mentions of speakers, incl @WinPoetryFest @Lornachild1 @BethCalverley @englishmedia @JaneLabous. Plus @andym_editor!
#writingcommunity #dorset #lovebournemouth
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Beth Calverley retweeted
5 Oct 2023
We just sent a mailout about all the things coming up for us in the next couple of months, including next week's show at @WardrobeTheatre and Future Voices with @ApplesAndSnakes! Check it out: bit.ly/MilkyMaily - and sign up for our mailing list to never miss an update.
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Beth Calverley retweeted
6 Oct 2023
Following on from #WorldPoetryDay, we are looking at some of the insightful and heartfelt poems that have been created by NHS staff in @OUHospitals working with @BethCalverley founder of The Poetry Machine.
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Beth Calverley retweeted
5 Oct 2023
Happy #NationalPoetryDay!
Thank you to our Poet in Residence, @bethcalverley for the incredible work she does at @uhbwNHS👏
Beth is a highly valued resource available to UHBW patients and staff -her beautiful way with words is magical to encounter!
@bwhospcharity #hospitalarts
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Beth Calverley retweeted
5 Oct 2023
Happy #NationalPoetryDay! Thank you to our Poet in Residence, @bethcalverley for the great work she does at @uhbwNHS👏Beth came to visit Bridge SARC staff to create a poem for our clients - To Fly Again @bwhospcharity #hospitalarts
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Beth Calverley retweeted
3 Oct 2023
#JustAnnounced Milk Poetry presents House of Figs – The Awkward Guide to Friendship: Work-in-Progress | Mon 6 Nov | Poetry, spoken word and music with Beth Calverley and Bethany M. Roberts (Hands of the Heron / Hedera) thewardrobetheatre.com/livet…
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Beth Calverley retweeted
5 Oct 2023
Poetry is an amazing way to convey feelings and emotions. This #WorldPoetryDay we are celebrating the stories and voices that are being heard as part of @OurNHStories. Amongst others, Poet @BethCalverley and her Poetry Machine have visited many hospital trusts to gather stories.
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Beth Calverley retweeted
9 Aug 2023
Introducing the Trusts taking part in OurNHStories: @OUHospitals Foundation Trust.
To mark #NHS75, OUH created a new poem, All Kinds of Bright devised by @BethCalverley in collaboration with 50 OUH staff members telling their stories. youtu.be/QcEvNfXBxvo
#VoicesFromTheNHS
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Beth Calverley retweeted
3 Jul 2023
This week, 5 July, is the 75th birthday of the NHS.
We begin this birthday week by launching the OUH Poem 'All kinds of bright' - created by #OneTeamOneOUH with poet Beth Calverley through artlink, our arts programme funded by @OxHospCharity.
ouh.nhs.uk/artlink/nhs75/poe…
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Beth Calverley retweeted
4 Jul 2023
So proud of this film of our OUH poem co-created by staff and our Trust Poet @BethCalverley, filmed by our in house team and funded by @OxHospCharity 💕
3 Jul 2023
This week, 5 July, is the 75th birthday of the NHS.
We begin this birthday week by launching the OUH Poem 'All kinds of bright' - created by #OneTeamOneOUH with poet Beth Calverley through artlink, our arts programme funded by @OxHospCharity.
ouh.nhs.uk/artlink/nhs75/poe…
#NHS75
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Beth Calverley retweeted
Tune in today (Wed 5 July) at 3.30pm on @BBCRadio4 to hear The NHS at 75: Covid Memories. Our poet in residence @BethCalverley will be sharing her stories.
#NHS75
5 Jul 2023
#ICYMI ‘The NHS at 75: Covid Memories’ inspired by @ournhstories will be repeated on @BBCRadio4 today at 3:30pm.
Don’t miss this special documentary to mark #NHS75 exploring some #VoicesfromtheNHS.
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Beth Calverley retweeted
12 May 2023
To mark #InternationalNursesDay UHBW Chief Nurse Deirdre Fowler worked with Trust Poet @BethCalverley to create this powerful poem.
We recognise, thank and celebrate our @uhbwNHS nurses and beyond.
Beth's residency is co-funded by @bwhospcharity
#supportourNHS #artsandhealth
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