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: email (editor, poetrypf, co, uk) back to top	all present
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) back to top	all present
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) back to top	all present
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) back to top	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) back to top	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) back to top	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) back to top	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) back to top	all present
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) back to top	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) back to top	all present
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) back to top	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) back to top	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) back to top	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) back to top	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) back to top	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) back to top	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) back to top	all present