Dodo Modern Vidpoets 2023: KATE B HALL

KATE B HALL

We were saddened to learn of the death of Kate B Hall on 29^th November. She was a regular and welcome presence at many Dodo events over the years. Her fine poetry and ebullient warm personality will be sorely missed.

We are pleased to attach links to some of Kate’s Dodo performances, including contributions to online shows and a live event in London where she was a featured act. This performance on a warm spring afternoon marked the first of our afternoon residencies at the King and Queen pub, Foley St, W1. Until then we had put on evening shows. It was a happy occasion and Kate was in sparkling form with poems ranging from the personal to the political, just how we want to remember her. I recently reread Irises, one of Kate’s collections of haiku. It remains a pleasure to revisit this lovely book.

Regards

Patric Cunnane

PR Murry

The obit below appears on the Haikupedia site. The editors say a longer piece is forthcoming.

Kate B Hall (born Kay Brenda Stephan, June 22, 1945, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, U.K.; died November 29, 2023), retired British artist and adult education tutor. She wrote poetry, haiku, reviews, and fiction and recently completed a creative writing MA degree. She published two haikai and tanka collections, Running for Nothing (2004) and Irises (2015). Her poetry collections The Story Is (2018) and Spell for Melting Ice (2021) were published by Bad Betty Press and she was working on a collection of short stories and other haiku and poetry collections just before her death. Her works appeared in Still, Blithe Spirit, Time Haiku, Presence, and BHS members’ anthologies. Hall edited the BHS members’ anthology Root (2019). She was a member of the London Haiku Group and the British Haiku Society and served as BHS president (2016–2018). Hall resided in London.