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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.  […]

Having enjoyed our ‘Food’ in July, we will be turning our attention to making our own choice, with the theme ‘Pick a poet or two’ in August. We meet at 10am in the Ashley  Room on the first Friday of the month and would make any new members very welcome.

By the time you read this newsletter we will have celebrated the approach of Spring in poetry and will be preparing to look at the pleasures (and perils?) of Drink. We meet on the first Friday of the month upstairs in the Congregational Church at 10 am and would give newcomers a warm welcome.