Telling the soul’s tales

Judy Gahagan and Suffolk Poetry Society

Othona is a magical place at the very north of the Dengie Peninsula, Essex. It is not only magical because of the ancient Roman Fort (3rd Century) and the Saxon Chapel of St Peter, founded in 654 by Saint Cedd. It is not only magical for its rare birds, (Short toed tree creeper, Marsh warbler), its mammals, (the Otter and Brown hare), and its flora (Sea barley, Sea Kale and Golden Samphire). Othona is also magical because of its basic accommodation, which still makes me smile, its fabulous staff and the wonderful time we all had together, including the time when we all watched a full rainbow stretch across the sky.

But what about the poetry?