Rob Auton talks about how he finds poetry in unexpected places. Writing about the everyday, finding beauty in the mundane keeps his fascination with the world alive. He talks about the shows he has written on subjects including water, the sky, sleep and yellow. He also offers an exercise on writing poetry inspired by everyday objects.
Rob is currently touring the Time show – his eighth consecutive Edinburgh Fringe show and is also developing this year’s Fringe show about crowds. On top of that he is releasing a daily podcast where you can hear poems, monologues and stories each day in his inimitable style.
Join Rob as he shares a few of his poems and offers the following exercise to help you find poetry somewhere you might not think of looking:
Go to Argos, open a catalogue and point to an item at random them write a poem about it. Try to write something however uninspiring it may seem. Free write, try word association think of memories, places, people and activities that the item makes you think of. Let your mind wonder and see where it takes you. Then share your poem on social media using #poetrynonstop or by email and lets see if between us we can create a complete Argos catalogue of poems. You can hear Patrick’s response in the form of a riddle on the podcast.
Poetry Non-Stop 