Poetry on the Lake

Highlights of the Festival:

Meeting so many lovely people and great poets.
Hearing so many great readings: Imtiaz Dharker, Carol Ann Duffy, Gillian Clark, Caroline Carver and Katrina Naomi among my favourites.
Meeting Michael Swan, author of Practical English in Use, every ESL teacher's bible!
Drinking Long Island iced tea and smoking cigarettes for the first time in 7 years.
Selling/giving away all copies of my home-made pamphlet (sorry about the typos).
Reading poems in front of an audience for the first time.
Having the National Poet of Wales say nice things about my reading.
Having anybody say nice things about my reading.

Wonderful! See you next year.