Winchester Poetry Festival 2025
Close Reading: Richard Scott
Join poet Richard Scott as he performs a close reading of 'Flowers' by Arthur Rimbaud translated by Wyatt Mason - a poem which he has found inspirational to his personal poetic journey.
'Flowers', or 'Fleurs', is one of Rimbaud's achingly strange and crystalline Illuminations and is a useful gateway onto this legendary collection of proto-Surreal and queer prose poems.
Richard Scott is the author of Soho (Faber & Faber, 2018) and That Broke into Shining Crystals (Faber & Faber, 2025). He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Close readings are a firm favourite with the festival audience. These micro-lectures are free to attend and will take place in the ARC Space.
Suitable for: all
Duration: 0.5 hours
Format: in person micro-lecture
Access: wheelchair accessible throughout
