Resident poet Peter Roe is a prize winning working class poet, artistic, autistic, computer geek and technology nerd. A former Bard of Dorchester and host of Bridport’s spoken word Apothecary. Founding editor and publisher of the Jawbone Collective.
Widely anthologised, three published collections. “Technology Bytes Back” – 2018, “I’m in Love With My Barista” – 2019, His quest for love and ‘The One’ and his adventures in online dating have been the subject of many of his poems that now appear in his most recent collection “Love Hertz” – 30th January 2023, released concurrently with “Odin and The Mead of Poetry”.
Reviews for ‘Love Hertz’
- “In Love Hertz, Peter expertly weaves eclectic reflections on the nature of human attraction with a finely wrought chronicle of his own lockdown quest to finally find, ‘The One‘.
- Often tenderly romantic and touching, this collection is none-the-less consistently clear-eyed, idiosyncratic and surprising. If you thought poetry had already said everything there is to say about the vagaries of love, think again. Love Hertz is a celebratory, wide-ranging and ultimately redemptive collection that you will want to return to again and again – though possibly not quite at a frequency of 528 times per second. Recommended reading for anyone with heart. ”
Tim King. Poet, Bard, Host of Taking The Mic. - “Peter’s poetry has always got to the heart of what it means to be human, and love is an intrinsic ingredient without which there would be no humanity. It’s what defines us, and Peter knows this. With poems of truth, honesty and tenderness, he paints pictures of love, both as a concept and as something incredibly real. These poems revel in the joy of a relationship, and in so doing, transmits that joy to the reader.”
Robert Garnham. Poet, Bard, Performer, The Professor of Whimsey. - “Beautifully honest, vulnerable and heartfelt. If Love were a book… This is it!”
Nicky Harris. Poet, Host of Poetika Collective. - “Heart-warming, life-affirming, occasionally rib-tickling, this is a collection to savour over and over again”
Jackie Juno. Poet, Bard, Host of Poets and Pints.
Copies of Love Hertz and Odin and The Mead of Poetry are now on sale, priced at £9.00 each or purchase both together for only £15.00.
Available from:
- Broadwindsor Community Stores,
- Redlands Yard
- Little Toller Books, Beaminster &
- South St. Bookshop, Bridport
