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Poetry Pharmacy // Bishop’s Castle

Talks directly from one person to another


At a crossroads on the border of the Welsh and Shropshire Marches, two ancient pathwaA reimagined apothecary shop gives voice to the ways in which poetry can heal and soothe us.ys cross and stories emerge through poetry and song.

The words of this poem are lifted and remixed from an audio interview with Deborah Alma, the Emergency Poet behind the transformation of the building into a space of creativity. The interview was captured just before the pharmacy came to fruition, whilst on a walk up the Stiperstones and pausing to talk about the power of poetry.

The footage was gathered in 2021, just after a long period of lockdown due to the pandemic, and when the pharmacy was poised to re-open.

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Poetry Pharmacy