My time at this paradise, Civitella, was short, but very, very productive. My project, which I hoped to just make a start on, (a radio soundscape version of a particularly visual theatre play) astonishingly completed itself in my first nine days and, to my delight because I hadn’t written one for ages, I was then able to make three poems in my second week. Amazing company, laughter, food and excursions. Renewal…