Coley Talking: Realities of life in old Reading Meg Peacocke “Meditation on the Shores of

“Meditation on the Shores of Evening

Potter is concerned with sexual responsibility and integrity in relationships

Her work also appears in the anthologies Landing Places: Immigrant Poets in Ireland (Dedalus Press

as well as two Pushcart Prizes and the Porter Prize for Literary Excellence

Salah Hasan A Poem An Old Song about the Plains

Coley Talking: Realities of life in old Reading Meg Peacocke “Meditation on the Shores ofNineteenth and early twentieth century Reading prospered from the canal, the railway, brewing and biscuit making, but massive population growth in the middle years of the nineteenth century brought with it many problems. Coley Talking lifts the lid on a dark aspect of Readings, and Englands, history. Memories, photographs, maps and archives, tell the story of how life was lived in one of its poorest communities. All the symptoms of extreme poverty