Saturday 21 December 2013

December 2013 (no theme)

1. The Christmas Market - Mike Harding. Lorraine

2. A Nativity - Simon Armitage. Kath



5. Late - Christopher Reid. Sheila

6. As I Walked Out One Evening - WH Auden. Bridget

7. Winter - Gerald Manley Hopkins. Julie


9. Still I Rise - Maya Angelou. Linda

10. 2 poems (TBC) from Now & Then - Adnan al-Sayegh / Jenny Lewis. Leona

Saturday 21 September 2013

September 2013 / RS Thomas


THEME: RS Thomas Centenary Year Celebrations

1. Poetry For Supper - RS Thomas. Michael

2. The Children's Song - RS Thomas. Lorraine

3. The View from the Window - RS Thomas. Kath

4. He and She - RS Thomas. Juliette

5. The Empty Church - RS Thomas. Michael

6. Welsh Landscape - RS Thomas. Kath

7. The Cure - RS Thomas. Juliette

8. Threshold - RS Thomas. Michael

Tuesday 25 June 2013

June 2013 / Midsummer


Theme: Midsummer

1. For The Spirit - William Letford. Leona

2. A True Account of Talking to the Sun - Frank O'Hara. Steve

3. Summer - Cesare Pavese. Ian

4. The Summer I Was Sixteen - Geraldine Connolly. Lorraine

5. Hare Pie - Chris Torrance. Julie

6. Water - Leslie Norris. Chris

7. Strawberries - Edwin Morgan. Sandra

8. The Catch - Simon Armitage. Juliette

9. Poppies in July - Sylvia Plath. Amanda

10. Epithalamion - Dannie Abse. Amy

11. Everyone Sang - Siegfried Sassoon. Hannah

Tuesday 26 March 2013

March 2013 / World Poetry Day


THEME: New, Emerging & Current Poets

1. Analysis - John Welch. Phil (Going to read Jack Pascoe but left book at home)

2. Back To Bed - Rhian Edwards (from Clueless Dogs). Kath

3. On Returning a Child to her Mother at the Natural History Museum - Kathryn Maris (in Tokens for the Foundlings: edited by Tony Curtis). Leona

4. The Glorious Fellowship of Migraineurs - Polly Atkin. Amy

5. Man & Dog - Eve Pearce. Amanda

6. Missing It - Daniel Brown. Stephen

7. The Cheeseroom - Judy Brown. David

8. In The End - Clare Potter (from Spilling History). Ruth

9. The Town In This Dream - Raymond Antrobus. Juliette

10. The Shoe - Diana Brodie. Lorraine

December 2012 / Midwinter