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Poets on their shelves and had often dipped into them for inspiration for their work.
Anita has been inspired by the rugged, raw landscapes of Dartmoor for years. Mike is more fired up by the South West's coastline, yet he shares Anita's passion for untamed landscapes and wild nature - not for him boats bobbing in a turquoise bay.
Inspiration was aided by two of the poems in the books - Groundswell by Lyn Browne and Stream by Jennie Osborne.
"As we had been using the poems we thought we ought to phone them up and ask their permission," said Anita. "And that's how the friendship began."
But this wasn't just a simple case of two paintings being inspired by two poems.
After that initial phone call, friendships grew, paintings inspired more poems and those words in turn led to newer, bigger and deeper pieces of art. It is a collaboration that has taken them all by surprise, but one they feel has been a success worth building on.
Raw Landscape will feature Anita's and Mike's work - paintings, prints and mixed media pieces - and the poetry that played a part in the creative process will also be on show at the Harbour House gallery, until Sunday, September 27.
Members of the Moor Poets group looked at a selection of work by Mike and Anita and wrote poems in response to some of them.
Graham Burchell wrote poems about some of Mike's Hallsands woodcuts and three poets wrote about Anita's work.
But the dialogue did not end there. From those poems, Anita has produced some striking square columns, a cross between print and sculpture and seem deeply symbolic.
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