Poetry at the Southbank London

Its poetry all week at the Southbank Centre. To see what is going on click southbankcentre.co.uk/parnassus
The aim of this event is to bring together poets from every Olympic country. Parnassus refers to Mount Parnasses where the god Apollo was and the dwelling place of the muses and Orpheus the first poet.

In his introduction to 'The World Record' published for the event Simon Armitage writes (p.17):

In an era of so much fragmentation and delineation, Poetry Parnassus seeks to overcome barriers, ignore borders and promote the convergence of peoples of every nationality through a shared interest and a common thread.