Yorkshire Poet, Paul Brookes
Interview, Writing in Yorkshire Dialect
I don’t remember when I first encountered Paul Brookes (Wombwell Rainbow) and his prodigious work marked by a keen appreciation for art and history and his observations of everyday life salted with irony and humor and his rich Yorkshire dialect. I think Paul either submitted work to The Poet by Day, Wednesday Writing Prompt or to an issue of The BeZine, maybe both. I do remember I had to look up Wombwell. It seemed to me a rather odd name for a blog. Wombwell (clearly not Paul’s family name) turned out to be the town were Paul currently lives in Northern Yorkshire and “Wombwell” may mean “Womba’s Well” or “well in a hollow.” Read on: this is an interesting interview. I think you’ll enjoy it as much as I have.
INTERVIEW
JAMIE: Paul, are you the only poet in your family? How did you come to poetry?
