Keats-Shelley 200: the Gulf of Poets Festival in Lerici

In June 2022, as part of Keats-Shelley 200, the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association hosted the Gulf of Poets Festival in Lerici, Italy. Members and Trustees of the Association were joined by friends and poetry lovers from around the world and spent three days listening to poetry and exploring the area where Percy Bysshe Shelley and his family lived and where Shelley lost his life in 1822. Guests included the UK Poet Laureate and Keats-Shelley 200 Ambassador, Simon Armitage as well as poets Scarlett Sabet, Annelisa Alleva and Paula Febbraro, who paid tribute to Shelley and his circle. The event included a boat trip to Portovenere and around the Bay of Spezia, a musical recital at the Castello di Lerici and poetry reading in the Parco de Shelley. Guests also joined the local community at the Villa Marigola for the presentation of the prestigious Pea Prize which was awarded to Simon Armitage.

[@terset9912]

Thank you so much for sharing. Hope to be in Italy next year, and maybe get to attend such a fine festival.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

It seems to have been a wonderful event. I wish I had been there. Thank you for the video.