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Welcome to benbarton.co.uk

The website of British poet and low-fi filmmaker, Ben Barton

You can read new poems in recent and forthcoming issues of The Arts Pneumonia, Awen, Caduta, The Cannon's Mouth, Chroma, The Coffee House, Concrete Meat Sheet, Conversation Poetry, Decanto, The Delinquent, erbacce, iota, Inside Out, The Journal, Neon Highway, Open Wide Magazine, Poetry Monthly, Pulsar, SOUTH, Writing Magazine and the anthologies Gay City & Sanctified

Plus new work online in Snakeskin, Zygote in my Coffee & The Cadaverine
and interviews and poems in Poetry Kit Magazine & Gloom Cupboard

In 2008 my latest chapbook drop, anchor was published by the erbacce press
The Hospital is forthcoming from Roundeye Books -
you can read a special preview of the poems online from Open Wide Magazine

I am also busy screening my little super 8 movies at film nights and festivals in London, Brighton, Manchester, Edinburgh, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, the US and beyond! Some of the films include Dance of the Coward, Initial Prospect, Insects, The Lighthouse, The Return of Ellen Love, Scott's Garden, Stag Movie and Uphill for Jesus

See the ROUNDEYE blog for news about upcoming screenings

Thanks for visiting

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"In February 2007, 3LIGHTS is proud to present a solo exhibition from British poet, Ben Barton. Having featured his work in our first exhibition, LAUNCH , we're very excited about welcoming Ben and more of his short-form poetry back to 3LIGHTS.

WALK/DON'T WALK will feature new work by Ben as well as some of the poems previously featured in LAUNCH. The exhibition will also include an exclusive interview with Ben on the subject of his shorter poetry.

The exhibition will begin on February 1st and will run until April 1st."

 

 

 

 

PROSPECT at the Ashford Library Gallery

Combining words and photographs inspired by the landscapes of Dungeness,
Ben Barton and Jennifer Harris recently collaborated on PROSPECT

The exhibition was commissioned by Kent County Council and Headland, and was on show at the Ashford Library Gallery from September to October 2006

Click below to find out more:

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Ben's poem 'Commandment No. 5'
is included in Razzamatazz and Other Poems,
published by Leaf Books

 

 

 

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In 2005 Ben released video poems on several poetry blogs.
These short clips were first made to create interest in the poems that were going into The Red Book

 

 

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P O E T R Y
M A G A Z I N E S

 

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Ben's writing has always included a number of short-form poems such as haiku, senryu and tanka

His manuscript of short poetry, Pleasures of the Bitten Peach, is currently unpublished

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