Jenny invites you to join her for ‘A Summer Night’s Dream of Poetry’. She has made a beautiful 14 minute video of her performing her favourite poetry by other poets, and a final poem of her own.
We ask that you donate the price of a “ticket” on her fundraising page here: https://gofundme.com/savejenny – simply donate however much you think the performance is worth after viewing it. Even if you don’t usually like poetry, Jenny’s performances will change your mind! She’s truly talented. Hopefully the video will touch you; it will make you laugh and make you cry.
It has also been a labour of love to make the video and, given the state that Jenny is in, she has pushed herself further than she should, at great physical cost, in order to provide a stunning experience for you all, to raise money.
With some of the poems, Jenny performs them straight to camera; with other poems, she has used video footage that her late father filmed when he was on his walks, and she has done a voice-over of those poems.
We thought it would be lovely if we all pressed ‘play’ on the video at the same time, so that we are all watching the video at the same time. We invite you to start watching at 7pm on Friday 18th July 2025 (BST – British Summer Time). It would be wonderful if you could leave a comment on the YouTube video to let us know that you are there, and to leave a comment on the video saying which of the poems performed is your favourite – Jenny especially would like to know this.
The video is unlisted on YouTube, which means that you’ll be getting your money’s worth because the general public won’t be able to see it, only people who have been given the following link: https://youtu.be/XG0watkxXSM (this is where you can watch the video).
We trust you all to be honest and donate the price of the “ticket” if you watch the video. Please do share the link with others, explaining about giving a donation if they watch the video.
The video will be available both before and after 7pm on 18th July, in case you’re not available at that specific time to watch it together as a community, supporting Jenny’s fundraising effort.
Thank you so much for all your support and kindness. Jenny hopes that ‘A Summer Night’s Dream of Poetry’ will be a balm for your soul.
The running order of poems in the programme:
• Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
• I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• An extract from ‘i carry your heart with me’ by e.e. cummings
• ‘Tis a fearful thing by Yehuda HaLevi
• A Better Resurrection by Christina Rossetti
• Why English is so Hard by Unknown
• The Way Through The Woods by Rudyard Kipling
• Invictus by W.E. Henley
• All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare
• For Right Now by Jenny Rowbory
Here is the video that explains what is wrong with Jenny’s neck, details of the surgery she needs, her bed-bound life, and why it is getting more urgent that she gets this neurosurgery as soon as possible:
A book of Jenny’s collected poems ‘We Are The Winter People’, which is also raising money for her surgery: https://mybook.to/WinterPeople
