Poetry on board
David Punter’s Ship’s Log is a collection of poems for the SS Great Britain which is, after a long and varied life, now a museum in Bristol harbour. The museum has an archive attached, which holds a mass of passenger letters and diaries. In this book, David has taken extracts for these materials, and written his own poems in response to them.
The archive room of the ss Great Britain was packed for the launch of our latest publication Ship’s Log, a collection of poems by David Punter.
The poems were inspired by diaries, letters and other accounts by passengers and crew of the ship over 150 years ago as they set out on voyages across the ocean.
David Punter read a selection of the poems with his wife Caroline reading the extracts which had inspired the poetry and which also form part of the book.
The readings brought the work to life for the audience, who also enjoyed a behind-the-scenes look at the ss Great Britain archive, part of the museum in Bristol’s historic harbour and the room where David Punter researched his work. Ship’s Log is available for £8.
