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Events listed are as advised by poetry p f members.

VISIT VENUE WEBSITES

 

2025

 

Tue 8 Jul
 
2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle Ripley Arts Centre, Bromley, BR1 2PX
 
Topic: Poems by West Country Poets (Cornwall N. to Glos. & E. to Dorset
    e.g. Raleigh, Coleridge, Hardy, Causley)
 
Bring 2 poems to read (not your own): 1 max 3mins to read, 1 short (closer to 14 lines than 30)
chat after reading, tea & biscuits provided
 
Visitors Welcome: £2.50 donation
 
Enquiries to Anne Stewart:

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Mon 14 Jul
 
2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle online
 
Topic: poems by our Summer Celebration poets, Doreen Hinchliffe and Anthony Fisher OR by West Country Poets
 
Bring 2 poems to read (not your own): 1 max 2mins to read, 1 short (closer to 14 lines than 30)
 
Visitors welcome – up to 3 online meetings per year
 
Request meeting joining details from Anne Stewart:

email (editor, poetrypf, co, uk)
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Wed 16 Jul
 
7:30 pm

North West Kent Stanza (Poetry Society)
 
The Cricketers, 93 Chislehurst Rd, Orpington BR6 0EY
 
Discussion & poem (enquire for topic), bring a poem to share and a poem for feedback (6 copies)
 
Contact Anne Stewart for more information:

email (editor, poetrypf, co, uk)
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Tue 9 Sep
 
2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle Ripley Arts Centre, Bromley, BR1 2PX
 
Topic: Open Choice & Short Talk by Ann Barlow: Two Australian Aborigine Poets
 
Bring 2 poems to read (not your own): 1 max 3mins to read, 1 short (closer to 14 lines than 30)
chat after reading, tea & biscuits provided
 
Visitors Welcome: £2.50 donation
 
Enquiries to Anne Stewart:

email (editor, poetrypf, co, uk)
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all present

Mon 15 Sep
 
2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle online
 
Topic: Open Choice OR Trees and Plants
 
Bring 2 poems to read (not your own): 1 max 2mins to read, 1 short (closer to 14 lines than 30)
 
Visitors welcome – up to 3 online meetings per year
 
Request meeting joining details from Anne Stewart:

email (editor, poetrypf, co, uk)
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all present

Wed 17 Sep
 
7:30 pm

North West Kent Stanza (Poetry Society)
 
The Cricketers, 93 Chislehurst Rd, Orpington BR6 0EY
 
Discussion & poem (enquire for topic), bring a poem to share and a poem for feedback (6 copies)
 
Contact Anne Stewart for more information:

email (editor, poetrypf, co, uk)
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all present

Tue 23 Sep
 
2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle Ripley Arts Centre, Bromley, BR1 2PX
 
Topic: Trees and Plants
 
Bring 2 poems to read (not your own): 1 max 3mins to read, 1 short (closer to 14 lines than 30)
chat after reading, tea & biscuits provided
 
Visitors Welcome: £2.50 donation
 
Enquiries to Anne Stewart:

email (editor, poetrypf, co, uk)
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all present

Tue 14 Oct
 
2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle Ripley Arts Centre, Bromley, BR1 2PX
 
Topic: Writers’ Portfolio Reading &
     1 poem by others present (own poems welcome, max 3mins)
 
chat after reading, tea & biscuits provided
 
Visitors Welcome: £2.50 donation
 
Enquiries to Anne Stewart:

email (editor, poetrypf, co, uk)
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Wed 15 Oct
 
7:30 pm

North West Kent Stanza (Poetry Society)
 
The Cricketers, 93 Chislehurst Rd, Orpington BR6 0EY
 
Celebrating National Poetry Day (Oct 2nd): Readings by all present
 
Contact Anne Stewart for more information:

email (editor, poetrypf, co, uk)
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all present

Mon 20 Oct
 
2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle online
 
Topic: own poems, poems by members of our Writers’ Group, or any poem you’d like to share
 
Bring 2 poems to read: 1 max 2mins to read, 1 short (closer to 14 lines than 30)
 
Visitors welcome – up to 3 online meetings per year
 
Request meeting joining details from Anne Stewart:

email (editor, poetrypf, co, uk)
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Tue 28 Oct
 
2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle Ripley Arts Centre, Bromley, BR1 2PX
 
Topic: Poems by American poets (to include: Walt Whitman, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Mary Oliver)
 
Bring 2 poems to read (not your own): 1 max 3mins to read, 1 short (closer to 14 lines than 30)
chat after reading, tea & biscuits provided
 
Visitors Welcome: £2.50 donation
 
Enquiries to Anne Stewart:

email (editor, poetrypf, co, uk)
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all present

Tue 11 Nov
 
2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle Ripley Arts Centre, Bromley, BR1 2PX
 
Topic: Life and Death
 
Bring 2 poems to read (not your own): 1 max 3mins to read, 1 short (closer to 14 lines than 30)
chat after reading, tea & biscuits provided
 
Visitors Welcome: £2.50 donation
 
Enquiries to Anne Stewart:

email (editor, poetrypf, co, uk)
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all present

Mon 17 Nov
 
2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle online
 
Topic: Life and Death OR poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson & Walter de la Mare
 
Bring 2 poems to read (not your own): 1 max 2mins to read, 1 short (closer to 14 lines than 30)
 
Visitors welcome – up to 3 online meetings per year
 
Request meeting joining details from Anne Stewart:

email (editor, poetrypf, co, uk)
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all present

Wed 19 Nov
 
7:30 pm

North West Kent Stanza (Poetry Society)
 
The Cricketers, 93 Chislehurst Rd, Orpington BR6 0EY
 
Discussion & poem (enquire for topic), bring a poem to share and a poem for feedback (6 copies)
 
Contact Anne Stewart for more information:

email (editor, poetrypf, co, uk)
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all present

Tue 25th Nov
 
2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle Ripley Arts Centre, Bromley, BR1 2PX
 
Topic: Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson & Walter de la Mare
 
Bring 2 poems to read: 1 max 3mins to read, 1 short (closer to 14 lines than 30)
chat after reading, tea & biscuits provided
 
Visitors Welcome: £2.50 donation
 
Enquiries to Anne Stewart:

email (editor, poetrypf, co, uk)
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all present

Mon 1 Dec
 
2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle online
 
Topic: Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson OR Christmas Season
 
Bring 2 poems to read (not your own): 1 max 2mins to read, 1 short (closer to 14 lines than 30)
 
Visitors welcome – up to 3 online meetings per year
 
Request meeting joining details from Anne Stewart:

email (editor, poetrypf, co, uk)
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all present

Tue 9 Dec
 
2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle Ripley Arts Centre, Bromley, BR1 2PX
 
Topic: Christmas Season
 
Bring 2 poems to read (not your own): 1 max 3mins to read, 1 short (closer to 14 lines than 30)
chat after reading, tea & biscuits provided
 
Visitors Welcome: £2.50 donation
 
Enquiries to Anne Stewart:

email (editor, poetrypf, co, uk)
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all present