Poetry 1

Contact: Valerie Greenwood or Peter Kennedy
See Newsletter for contact details or
Email:   with “Poetry  enquiry” as the subject

Poetry is well-chosen words well placed, otherwise it’s just verse.

The group meets Jan – Dec. Each member chooses a topic. We research relevant poems to read and discuss at the meetings. Some of our members write poetry which we like to encourage. We are a friendly bunch and learn a lot from our meetings. We have a break when refreshments are served and have a general chat. In July we have our ‘Christmas’ lunch at a local pub where we don Christmas hats. Our November meeting will consist of a talk on Shakespeare’s poems.  We have 11 members and would welcome new participants to join us.

The Poetry Group October 2025 meeting invited Linda Cosgriff (pictured far left in the picture below) a local published poet. We enjoyed an interesting poetry workshop, with Linda reading her poetry and giving professional tips on poetry and creative writing.

Looking back

The group has been actively using our new ‘Whats App’ group, ‘ Life’s a Rhyme’, which pretty much sums up our philosophy!We use it as a communication channel, as well as sharing poems we come across and links to TV and radio programmes, on poetry and poets.

We continue our monthly round of poems, based on a theme chosen by a member. Everything from ‘Happiness’ to ‘Ukraine’ to ‘Planets’ this last year

A recent highlight was a talk/workshop by a local Shakespearian scholar , on ‘bringing his work alive’ including how to write a sonnet.

We are always interested in new members to join us,  having fun, writing and reading great poetry.