Poetry night: Rona Campbell , 16 May | Event in Wrexham | AllEvents

Poetry night: Rona Campbell

The Ebenezer Gallery, Cefn Mawr LL14 3AB

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Fri, 16 May, 2025 at 07:30 pm

The Ebenezer Gallery @ The Pontcysllte World Heritage Visitor Centre, Cefn Square, cefn mawr, Pontcysyllte world heritage site, Wrexham LL14 3AB, Wrexham

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Fri, 16 May, 2025 at 07:30 pm (BST)

The Ebenezer Gallery @ The Pontcysllte World Heritage Visitor Centre, Cefn Square, Cefn Mawr, Pontcysyllte World Heritage Site, Wrexham Ll14 3ab

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Poetry night: Rona Campbell
Rona Campbell will be reading “David of the Mines”, her narrative poem, about a child coal miner in Cwm, Ebbw Vale, South Wales, Circa 1840.

The inspiration for this poem was when Rona spent time in a miner’s cottage in Cwm in 1973. She remembers the miner coming home after his shift, and particularly the fire in their hob.

But she did not write this until 1982, when she was abroad singing with Metrpolitan Opera de Caracas, where she wrote the first poem “Boots on the Hob for the Morning.”

In the same year, back in the UK she wrote the whole narrative poem in one morning,
In what Rona calls “a burn” when inspiration arrives in a rush, and unannounced. She entered this poem in Southerby’s International Poetry competition, winning £4,000. There were 33,000 entrants.

Rona will read this dramatic narrative poem (20 minutes) in The Ebenezer Gallery, Cefn Mawr and welcomes ex-coal miners and steel workers, plus members of the public to join her and share their memories of those times in Wales.

Open Mic performers, please register on the night between 7pm-7.30pm


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Poetry night: Rona Campbell , 16 May | Event in Wrexham | AllEvents
Poetry night: Rona Campbell
Fri, 16 May, 2025 at 07:30 pm