The lecture theatre was vast but I couldn't see a single free seat. Carol Ann Duffy had drawn an impressive crowd to the 2015
Cultural Exchanges festival. As a Duffy ‘newbie’, I was uncertain
when advised to go and see her, but already my enthusiasm grew in the
expectant atmosphere.
After a respectful introduction, Duffy took main stage.
With snippets of humour, she held the audience in awed silence as she
began with ‘Mrs Midas’. Every reading was followed by thunderous applause.
Duffy also read from her collection of love poems, Rapture,
and toyed with our emotions with poetry from The Bees. I especially enjoyed
the pieces from The World’s Wife, which I found witty, imaginative and
full of strong imagery.
The hour long performance flew by and finished with an applause
that continued long after Duffy had left the room.
Rose Godfrey
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