Conceived and organised by Alexander Caminada, Angela Findlay, and Kel Portman, Dialogues with the Severn is a weekend celebration of the River Severn. The mini festival takes place in Stroud’s unique Chapels of Rest and at Arlingham by the river. Artists, writers, musicians, poets, walkers, and river-lovers come together to listen, create, reflect and connect with each other and with the Severn.
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19 September, 2026, Glocestershire
Pathology
In early autumn, mornings begin
with the same letter and most things
go on so suddenly, they strike you
as brutal. You forget names and
places where both,
the self and the other, stood
counting insect bites. The ashes of
summer wakefulness, squeezed between
palms pushing against low skies.
One is taller, one is happier.
The picture resembles
a clearing dome under which you repeat
daily dressing-undressing then
sort items according to necessities:
to set aside,
to bring together, or
in readiness for the big hibernation.
© Maria Stadnicka, 2023.
