New Poems
We hope you enjoy this selection of poems produced by the W.E.A. Writers Group, in response to medieval objects in the Grosvenor Museum collection and the medieval literature from Chester, as well as the idea of Chester as a border city in the past and today. Thank you to the writers, whose work provides wonderful new perspectives on Chester and its heritage.
Alone - Aled Lewis Evans
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Eisteddfod - Liz Lammond
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Hallelujah - Mike Wood
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Medieval Walls - Jane Lewis
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No mans heath - Aled Lewis Evans
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Pilgrimage to St Werburghs shrine - Rebecca Smith
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Ranulf De Blondeville - Neil Patten
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The Aquamanile - Carol Archer
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Time Traveller - George Horsman
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Women from Wales - Jan Bengree
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Ynys - Aled Lewis Evans
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