From Matthew Clegg's second full-length collection 'The Navigators' (Longbarrow Press 2015). Recorded on the South Yorkshire Navigation Canal at Mexborough, 10 March 2015.

The Sink Hole (Matthew Clegg)

Poem written and performed by Matthew Clegg (from his Longbarrow Press collection 'The Navigators'). Music written and performed by Simon Heywood. Performed live on the Spoken Word Antics Radio Show, Sheffield, Thursday 5 April 2007. Recorded by Robin Vaughan-Williams.

Trig Points (Matthew Clegg, Simon Heywood)

Matthew Clegg reads five poems from his collection 'The Navigators' (Longbarrow Press, 2015) in a bird hide on the edge of Denaby Ings nature reserve, South Yorkshire, 18 August 2015. Poems: 'Brigand', 'Mexborough, Water-Fronted Properties Released', 'ANGLERS REQUIRE PERMITS', 'The Tang', 'When They Next Make You Redundant'. Recorded and edited by Brian Lewis for Longbarrow Press.

Drift #1: Denaby Ings

'A Navigation', led by poet Matthew Clegg and songwriter Ray Hearne, tracked several miles of the South Yorkshire Navigation between Mexborough and Conisbrough on 24 May 2015, accompanied by an audience of 25. This edited version of the walk presents the poems, songs and introductions in the order in which they were performed. Songs and poems: 'Hurtle Through A Portal' (Hearne), 'Ballad Of The Wandering Navvy' (Clegg), 'The Navvy Boys' (Hearne), 'The Wheat Horse', 'The Sink Hole' (Clegg), 'The Last Of The Alley-Gaters' (Hearne), 'The Passage', 'Anglers Require Permits' (Clegg), 'Rother Sing A Don Song' (Hearne), 'Mexborough, Water-Fronted Properties Released', 'When They Next Make You Redundant' (Clegg), 'Long Hot Summer' (Hearne), 'Brigand', 'Mexborough Quad Bandits' (Clegg), 'East Of Abdy' (Hearne). Recorded and edited by Brian Lewis for Longbarrow Press. Photograph: Karl Hurst.

A Navigation with Matthew Clegg and Ray Hearne

Matthew Clegg reads the poem 'Brigand' from his collection 'The Navigators' (Longbarrow Press, 2015) in a bird hide on the edge of Denaby Ings nature reserve, South Yorkshire, 18 August 2015. Recorded by Brian Lewis for Longbarrow Press.

Brigand (Matthew Clegg)

Matthew Clegg reads eight poems from the first section of his collection 'The Navigators' (Longbarrow Press, 2015). Poems: 'Redbreast', 'The Host', 'Shoal', 'The Lake in the Trees', 'Under Orion, Midsummer', 'Two Fugitives', 'Punch', 'The Grate'. Recorded in Sheffield, 5 April 2017. Recorded and edited by Brian Lewis for Longbarrow Press. http://matthewcleggthenavigators.wordpress.com. Photograph by Karl Hurst (http://www.flickr.com/photos/karl_hurst).

Trig Points: The Hearth

'The Navigators' is the second full-length collection by Matthew Clegg (published by Longbarrow Press). Listen to poems and sequences from the collection on this site. http://matthewcleggthenavigators.wordpress.com

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