Exhibition and Trail
The ‘Planetary Poems’ exhibition and trail interpretations build upon the release of my series of planet poems in March 2023, called ‘The Planetary Ennead’ (see Books ). After piloting a QR code trail for the poems at Bath Fringe Festival in 2024, I received a commission from Pocklington Arts Centre to create a panel-based exhibition, with funding from East Riding Arts Development, which went on display in the summer of that year.
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The exhibition comprises ten A0 size foam boards, including an Introduction, and a separate panel for each poem, and associated planet image i.e. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and the nostalgic addition of Pluto (de-classified as a planet in 2006). Each panel also contains a QR code linking to my audiovisual rendition of each planetary poem.
Gallery @ City Screen York 
On display @ Hull Minster 
The font @ Hull Minster 
Windows @ Hull Minster 
Visitors enjoying the exhibit (Hull Minster) 
The Oak Room @ Pocklington Arts Centre 
Esther (Facilities Manager) @ Pocklington Arts Centre 
‘True colour’ Neptune on display @Pocklington Arts Centre 
Exhibition in the Oak Room @ Pocklington Arts Centre
It has been exhibited at the Pocklington Arts Centre; Hull Minster, and City Screen York, while an audio trail has been created on the Echoes App and used at The Living Seas Centre, Flamborough, as part of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s stargazing evenings, held in association with Scarborough and Ryedale Astronomical Society. The digital video version of the interpretation has also been showcased at the East Riding Festival of Words and appeared at the inaugural Driffield Literature Festival.
Feedback
Here’s what some visitors said about the exhibition:
“Informative, inspirational, spectacular…Brilliant poetry!”
Dave (Pocklington)
“Fantastic, moving and visual”
Tracey (Hull)
“Wonderful poetry, enjoyed learning about the planets.”
Anna (Hull)
“Very impressed…definitely worth scanning QR codes too. Thank you.”
Buckingham Day Centre
“Very enjoyable. The poems offer unscientific brains like mine a way of learning about the planets.”
Wendy (Hull)
Exhibitions & Workshops are available for booking:
Poet in Verse 