The number of poetry readers who are participating via Zoom has now risen to five and we much enjoyed choosing poems from a favourite anthology in June. Now that the rules have changed, and the sun is shining, those who do not wish to join our virtual group will be able to meet in person […]
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Discovering Poetry – May 2020
Four members of our Discovering Poetry Group are holding our monthly poetry reading sessions via Zoom. It works very well. Jill Hart
Discovering Poetry – January 2020
As The Angel is no longer available to us, in January we meet at the Three Swans, followed by our New Year lunch. From February we will be meeting at my house – please phone for details – when the February theme will be Water, followed by a look at Irish poets in March. We […]
Discovering Poetry – January 2020
As The Angel is no longer available to us,our January meeting is the Three Swans, followed by our New Year lunch. From February we will be meeting at my house – please phone for details – when the February theme will be Water, followed by a look at Irish poets in March. We meet at […]
Poetry – November
Having had to use our usual ingenuity to find poems on the theme of ‘Flying’ in October, we should be on more famliar ground with ‘Buildings and Archtecture’ in November, ‘Memory/Memories’ in December and Sport/Leisure in January. We meet on the first Friday of the month at 10am in The Angel – new members would […]
Discovering Poetry – August
In August we will enjoy reading poems on ‘Friendship’ and in September we will turn our attention to women poets. In October we will be returning to ‘F’, with the theme of ‘Flying’, in all its aspects. We meet in The Angel at 10 am on the first Friday in the month and would make […]
Discovering Poetry – July
We are now happily ensconced in The Angel for our monthly meetings, and very much enjoying having refreshments brought to us at half time! By the time you read this, we will have looked at poems on Magic in July and will be looking forward to ‘Friendship’ in August. In September we will be reading […]
Discovering Poetry (Friday) – March
Having read a selection of poems of our own choice in March, we will look at Greetings (Hallo and Goodbye) in April. In May our topic will be ‘Murder’ (a first for us), which, as ever, can be taken literally or metaphorically! We meet in the Congregational Hall at 10am on the first Friday in […]
Discovering Poetry (Friday) – January to March 2019
Having read poems on Wisdom in January, we will be thinking, probably very appropriately, about the Cold in February. In March we will give ourselves a free choice of poems, for a change. We meet at 10 am on the first Friday of the month in the Ashley Room and new members would be made […]
Discovering Poetry (Friday) – November
After expanding our knowledge of American poets in November, we have decided to be totally unoriginal and opt for ‘Christmas’ at our December meeting – possibly a first for this group. In another break with tradition, we have decided to have a New Year lunch after our January meeting instead of our usual Christmas one. […]