Nature's Words: About Helen Moore
An ecopoet based in Frome, Somerset, Helen publishes poetry, essays and reviews in various anthologies and journals. Regularly performing her poetry at events and conferences around the UK, Helen also works as a children’s author, community artist and Forest Schools practitioner (Shared eARTh Learning).
In March 2012 her debut ecopoetry collection, Hedge Fund, And Other Living Margins, is being published by Shearsman Books.
Her other books include: Changing Nature (GreenSeer Books, 2006 - OUT OF PRINT), Hope and the Magic Martian (Lollypop Publishing, 2008) and Hope and the Super Green Highway (Lollypop Publishing, 2009).
A CD of her poetry, Nature's Words - Selected Ecopoems 2 - featuring musical responses from Ken Masters and additional voice & bodhran by Niall McDevitt was made in June 2010.
In 2011 Helen co-ordinated a community art event for the Frome Festival, intending to celebrate biodiversity and to mark the mass extinctions we are facing with an artistic funeral. Called 'The Web of Life', the event and exhibition took place at the Sun Street Chapel from 8th to 17th July 2011. To find out more about 'The Web of Life Community Art Project', click here.
Helen also teaches 'Reading and Writing Poetry' course through the Frome Community Education programme, and during the Spring/Summer runs outdoor-based creative writing writing workshops for adults. For more details about the 'Wild Ways to Writing' 2011 programme click here.
"For art to be relevant, artists must address the social and spiritual issues of our time...."
Suzi Gablik
What I can offer:
My
first children's book, Hope
and the Magic Martian, (first in a series of three) introduces
children to climate change and visions some solutions. I am available
to do readings in primary schools (Key Stage 2), and can also offer a
range of interactive, theatre-based activities related to the book and
climate change communication. For more details, contact me.
I regularly perform my ecopoetry at environmental conferences around the UK, and have shared platforms with modern visionaries such as Joanna Macy, Mathew Fox, Vandana Shiva, Thomas Berry, Patrick Holden and Satish Kumar. I’ve also made appearances at a variety of festivals, including the Hay Festival, the Bristol Schumacher Lectures and the Big Green Gathering.
Other community events to which I’ve contributed have been opening a community garden in London; marking Remembrance Sunday at a Tree Festival, and annually writing and performing Wassail poems in my local community.
From time to time I also collaborate with musician, Ken Masters, who accompanies me on recorder and cello.
In December 2003 I won the annually awarded Bard of Bath title. As a modern Bard I draw on our ancient cultural heritage to reinterpret the role and responsibilities of the poet in today's world. I seek to bridge oral and literary traditions, developing my performance skills to make my poetry alive and accessible, and publishing it in as sustainable way as possible. (See Books/Photos/CD)
Winner of the Bard of Bath title 2003-4
