Thought provoking and often witty, Ama Bolton’s poetry often has a different slant on life. A local poet and a frequent reader at the ‘Poetry Fountain’ in Wells.

Poetry and mince pies! Isabel Berkeley, Clare & Michael Phillips and Amelia Bennett read poetry for the season

James Crowden was unfortunately unwell, so an “open mike” evening was held instead.

Poetry on the subject of  “Weather” . The judge was last year’s winner Jane Williams, from Wells.

Sue McKerracher presented Poetry with an Australian theme + Australian Poets Live

Our second outside event, opportunity for a group photo. Photographic theme centred on the work of Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron.

“A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon …”  There is more to American poetry than Dangerous Dan McGrew.  On the eve of American Independence Day, John Darling hosts this evening of American poetry.

Jean Caunter presented her selection of poetry spanning the floral world. This was a varied and lively collection ranging from John Clare to Sylvia Plath.

People brought their own poems to read, or read their favourite poems, or just came and listened. There was no theme, so this was a poetry ‘Happening’.

The Fire River Poets from Taunton came to East Coker for this meeting. John Stuart and Anthony Watts from this group were already well known to the East Coker Poetry Group having read poetry at our Poetry Summer Evening. Anthony Watts’ poem ‘Blackberries’ won second prize in our poetry competition this year.