Archive of Past Events
| Tuesday, 25 February 2020 - 7:30pm | Love Poetry |
As February is the month of St Valentine, Heather has agreed to lead a meeting on the subject of love, a subject which, surprisingly, has not been covered by the group before (so far as I know). Please bring along a couple of your favourite love poems (we’ll want to fit in as many as possible so no 25-verse sagas please). And, to add a little spice, we will hold an informal love poem competition. If you wish to enter, please bring along to the meeting a love poem of your own –no more than 20 lines or so. Give it to Heather when you arrive and don’t put your name on it (the entries will be judged anonymously during the break by Keita, our generous host at the café). All the entries can then be included in the poems read in the second half. Entering this competition is not compulsory – if you want to just come and listen, please feel free to do so. That said, we hope that at least a few of you will enter as poor Heather doesn’t want to have to eat the prize (a heart-shaped box of chocolates) all on her own! |
| Tuesday, 28 January 2020 - 7:30pm | T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land |
Jem Langworthy will guide us through the complexities of Eliot’s most iconic poem – one which can frustrate, baffle, intrigue and delight – explaining the imagery and allusions and examining why, nearly 100 years after it was written, this is still very much a poem for today. |
| Tuesday, 17 December 2019 - 7:30pm | Christmas Open Evening 2019 |
This will be a lighthearted open meeting and you are encouraged to bring poems relating to Christmas, New Year or Winter. Mince pies will of course be available. The cafe will be open to provide seasonal liquid refreshment. |
| Tuesday, 26 November 2019 - 7:30pm | Australian Poetry |
Diane Summer leads this evening. Will we all be sitting under the shade of a coolibah tree by the billabong while the hot antipodean sun shines……….? There is much more to the vast continent of Australia than Waltzing Matilda – come along and hear the poetry.
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| Tuesday, 29 October 2019 - 7:30pm | Competition Evening |
These competition evenings are always fun! The theme this year is ‘The Poetic Highway Code’ and this should bring forth an interesting collection of poems from our inventive poetry group members. As always, we hope you can come and read your entry at the meeting, but if you cannot come or would prefer not to read, your poem will be read by one of our resident ‘readers’. Ouir Judge this year is Sandra Snelling, well known for her work at the Swan Theatre in Yeovil. Note - Our venue is The Village Cafe in East Coker
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| Tuesday, 24 September 2019 - 7:30pm | Poetry and Wellbeing |
Can poetry have therapeutic value? Our main speaker will be a presentation by poet Ellie Sturrock who works within Dorset NHS. Poetry group member Trevor Pearce will also be reading poetry from his personal experience. This will be a ‘new area’ for the group and I hope it will stimulate interest in this facet of poetry. |
| Tuesday, 27 August 2019 - 7:30pm | A Quartet |
Iona Lambe, Peter Tait, Stephen Beer and Catherine Simmonds each present a short reading of their personal choice of poetry. This is likely to be a very interesting mix of poetry. |
| Tuesday, 30 July 2019 - 7:30pm | The Poems of Larkin and Betjeman - Two Sides of an English Coin |
Philip Larkin and John Betjeman are quintessentially English poets who are often regarded as reflecting different aspects of twentieth-century Britain. |
| Tuesday, 25 June 2019 - 7:30pm | Summer Open Evening |
Bring a couple of poems to read – or just come and listen and be entertained by the variety of poetry that always makes these evenings popular. |
| Tuesday, 28 May 2019 - 7:30pm | The English River (Note- booking required for this event) |
Virginia Astley has chosen the River Thames for her latest collection of poetry. A much admired songwriter and musician since the 1980s, Virginia is known for her engaging lyrics as well as for her melodious style. Now her other two passions take centre stage in this book: poetry and the River Thames. She grew up by the river’s upper reaches and in recent years has returned to the Thames, working for a summer as an assistant lock-keeper, and walking its length to record and respond to its landscapes, river life and river folk as a poet and photographer. She will be reading from this collection with harp accompaniment. This meeting will take the form of a ‘sit-down’ meal; the poetry and music intertwined between the courses. Booking will be required as we are limited in numbers and the cost will be £16-00 a head. Details of the menu and how to book will be given in the next Newsletter or email via this website contact page.
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