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East meets West

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:32:03 +0100

Start: 28 Sep 2010 - 7:30pm

End: 28 Sep 2010 - 7:30pm

Six poets from West Coker will boldly cross the border into East Coker to present their poetry. Led by Stella Davis and two other published poets, this should be a great showcase for local poetry in South Somerset.

2010 Poetry Competition

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:23:06 +0100

Start: 26 Oct 2010 - 7:30pm

End: 26 Oct 2010 - 7:30pm

We hope to read as many of the entries as possible in the 2010 competition and announce the winner. The subject this year was 'East Coker'.

Siegfried Sassoon

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:41:41 +0100

Start: 9 Nov 2010 - 7:30pm

End: 9 Nov 2010 - 7:30pm

We are fortunate to host a talk by Dennis Silk who was a friend of the poet Siegfried Sassoon for many years from the 1950s until Sassoon's death in 1967. A schoolmaster by profession, Dennis Silk shared Sassoon's interest in cricket and indeed became President of the MCC. Dennis assisted with the BBC programme 'Siegfried Sassoon: a Friend', having made several recordings of the poet reading his own work. Copies of these tapes will be available with the proceeds going to charity. This should be a very interesting evening.