A local poet who has recently performed at The Hive Cafe & Bakery with Verve Poetry Press, Robertos Bar with Lee Benson from Black Country Radio and Sabrina Poets is headlining the forthcoming New Invention Summer Fest on Sunday 27th July at The Milestone Pub in Willenhall. between 12pm - 6pm.  It will be held at The Milestone Pub, New Invention, Willenhall WV12 5DT.

There will be free bouncy castle, free childrens face painting, sand pits, BBQ, arts and wellbeing stalls.  The event is organised by Tal Singh at Soulbrite Seva CIC and Leesha Mansell of Community Matters CIC.

The live entertainment is provided courtesy of  Saida & Friends -  the very best of local spoken word, music, creative writing workshops and no less than 2 book launches by Sara Meredith and Katie Victoria.

One of those poets is Rosie Mitchell (pictured) who is builing up a reputation as a powerful spoken word artist.

Rosie Mitchell is a talented local poet and spoken word artist. Her poetry explores themes of mental health, addiction, love, loss, healing, social injustice and nature. She writes thought provoking, gritty poetry with a richness of imagery. It has been said that Rosie has a unique mastery of rhyme and rhythm.

Rosie started her spoken word journey performing at The Mother Wolf club in London. She has regularly performed her poetry on stage at Claptrap in Stourbridge and Last year she was a support act for Lost Wave Music's album launch at the venue. Her poem about Van Gogh  was featured on the Van Gogh Alive website.

Most recently she has  recited her poetry at Roberto's bar in Halesowen and at the Verve open door poetry event in the Jewellery Quarter Birmingham. Rosie has a strong Instagram following @rosiemitchellpoetry and has been featured in numerous online poetry magazines. Rosie is set to publish her first collection of poetry by the end of the year.