Performance poet
Pete the Poet is an award winning, published poet who supports human rights causes and organisations such as Extinction Rebellion, Amnesty International, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Stop the War Coalition, Dawlish Against Plastic, Stop Hinkley, LGBT Pride and Oxfam.
His high-octane interactive performances have delighted audiences at the Watchet Music Festival, Glastonbury, the Bolton Socialist Club, the Cock Tavern Euston London, the White Swan Live Club Houston Texas and Yeovil town centre.
Children and adults dress in costumes, play African djembe drums and instruments from around the world in an atmosphere of great celebration.
He often performs in a voluntary capacity.
Hinkley Point
Bird watchers winking on the old sea wall
Down here in Hinkley where the seagulls call,
Low tide lifting on a shingle shore
The wind blows fresh, sharp and raw,
Listen to the waves swell and crack
Sing to the Welsh and they’ll sing back.
Yes to the wind and shining sun
Renewable power for everyone,
Yes to the waves’ never ending force
Energy for ever – of course!
Leave these hills to the swallows and the moles
Let’s walk free – so good for the soul,
Leave this land for the rabbits to run
Butterflies flicker in the sharp spring sun,
Buttercups wink and smile and say
We can win this fight on this golden day.
Yes to the wind and shining sun
Renewable power for everyone,
Yes to the waves’ never ending force
Energy for ever – of course!
Rise like lions after years of slumber
Shout out loud in mighty numbers,
Snap your chains in the morning dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you,
Roar with a force of a hurricane
Shout “no thanks!” again and again.
Yes to the wind and shining sun
Renewable power for everyone,
Yes to the waves’ never ending force
Energy for ever – of course!