We enjoy reading a wide variety of poetry in good company. Members volunteer to compile selections of poems by particular poets or subjects, or we all bring along a couple of poems on a given topic. We also have an anthology (The Zoo of the New - Nick Laird - Penguin) for occasional use. Members then take turns in reading a poem aloud, and we all discuss the material, and life in general, over tea and biscuits. We all use email to help with meeting arrangements and distribution of materials.

UPCOMING TOPICS: Possible long poems including Sohrab and Rustam (Arnold), The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám (Fitzgerald) and
Rape of the Lock (Pope)

N.B. Now at “The Cabinet Table” on page 47 of anthology

NEXT MEETING: July 9th - JF - 14 lines, parallel histories (KR)

FUTURE MEETINGS

July 23rd 2026 - DH - Amy Clampitt Part 1 (SR)

August 13th 2026 - NM - (S&K away)

August 27th 2026 - DJ - Amy Clampitt Part 2 (SR)

September 10th 2026 - MJ - To be announced! (DJ)

September 24th 2026 - KR - (S&K away)

October 8th 2026 - SR -

October 22nd 2026 - CT - Michael (Wordsworth) & The Raven (Poe)

November 12th 2026 - MC -

November 26th 2026 - JF -

December 10th 2026 - JG -

December 24th 2026 -CANCELLED FOR XMAS

January 14th 2027 - DH - Robert Graves & Louis McNiece (KR)