ali davenport

soul survival guide

writer, poet &

soul-searcher

poetry events

TEDx warrington - june 22

I gave a talk at the first ever TEDx Warrington in June 2022. It's around the theme of connection and includes my poem 'Ripples'. Watch the video of my talk. Find out more here. 

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Photo credit: TEDx Warrington, Andrew Collier Photography

earth pathways diary & calendar 2023

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I have a poems in the Earth Pathways calendar and diary 2023. If you'd like to buy either work, see the Earth Pathways website. 

2022

we are all trees - july 

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I shared several of my poems, including 'Be a human tree' at the opening of 'We Are All Trees', a micro-festival in Fell Foot Woods in the Lake District. 

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not another co-production festival - june 

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I manned a poetry board at 'Not Another Co-production Festival' at the Science & Industry Museum, Manchester, creating poems from the collected words and sharing my poem 'Ripples' on stage. 

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space to emerge - beltane 

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In late April, I joined a retreat in the woods for Beltane with The Way of the Buzzard. Saturday night was open mic and I shared several of my poems, including 'Be a human tree' (pictured). On the Sunday night, I shared 'Find your tribe' with everyone gathered around the fire in the growing dark.  

Photo credit: Peter Yankowski

2021

poetry soul train - new year's eve 

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Poetry Soul Train was a 24hr Twitterfest starting at 8pm on New Year's Eve 2021.The idea was to send words around the world celebrating being human. Supported by the Camerados, I came up with the idea as part of the 'Xmas Can Be Crap' activities. Find out more here. 

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poetry & story share - october

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I hosted a 'Poetry & Story Share' as part of Northenden's first ever arts festival on Thursday 28th October. As part of this, I shared some of the brand new poems from my second book of poetry.

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wythenshawe good neighbours my resilience matters - august

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During the pandemic, Wythenshawe Good Neighbours produced a 'My Resilience Matters' pack with older people in the area. Snippets from my 'pandemic a-z' and 'we're all new to this' appear in it. Here I am at Wythenshawe AFC for the launch, where I shared some of my poems.

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2020

'we're all new to this' poetry trail - september

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In September 20, I put my pandemic poems around Northenden, creating a poetry trail for the 'Up Your Street' event.