Word from the President
Welcome to the Suffolk Poetry Society. We have a long tradition of poetry meetings, held at many locations over a large county. Our programme includes the poetry from all periods, music, discussion and improvisation. The poetic imagination is a great shape-shifter. It vivifies. Be absorbed and join us.
Pauline Stainer, President SPS.
Welcome from the Chair
Welcome to the Suffolk Poetry Society Website. We hope you’ll enjoy your visit. Here you’ll find a wealth of resources for the poetry lover.
Poetry Workshop for children and a reading for adults with John Mole
Saturday March 24th, Hills Room, Gainsborough House, Sudbury
Note the change of venue from the advertised programme
Surprising Ourselves: A poetry workshop for children aged 8 and above, with conversation and guesswork arising from riddles and a few poems in a form that can be imitated, with the opportunity for each to read their work to the whole group. Parents are welcome.
Suffolk Poetry Society Annual General Meeting
Sunday March 11th 14:00-17:00, Red Cross Hall, Woodbridge
All members warmly welcomed
with guest speaker Kate Foley.
Amsterdam/Suffolk based poet and SPS member Kate Foley has kindly agreed to read to us. She is currently completing her fifth collection, due in 2012. She gives readings and workshops across Europe.
SPS Participates in Inauguration of French Memorial to Wilfred Owen
A Homage to Wilfred Owen
This year a small group consisting of members and their partners from Suffolk Poetry Society and poetryWivenhoe were invited to attend the inauguration of La Maison Forestiere which has been developed as a memorial to Wilfred Owen and a celebration of poetry.
Wirral Festival of Firsts Open Poetry Competition
Closing date: Friday 1st June 2012
Winners notified: 1st July 2012
This year’s Wirral Festival of Firsts Open Poetry competition is now open for entries.
TS Eliot - Dry Salvages at Othona with Graham Fawcett
When T S Eliot was a boy, he would go with his family to the Massachusetts coast at Cape Ann, where his father had built a house for their summer holidays. The times he spent by the sea there inspired in Eliot a desire to write a book of essays about his memories of the place, memories which would later be embodied in a poem which takes as its title a ledge of rocks known as The Dry Salvages, a local landmark which could, and still can, be seen when the mist rises, a few hundred yards out to sea.
OUTSPOKEN, House Café/Bar, 52 St. Benedicts Street, Norwich
OUTSPOKEN is the city’s newest showcase of exciting fresh local talent.
SPS Events Programme 2012
You can download here a PDF file of the 2012 events. This prints to two pages of A4.
Contributions to Ipswich Community Radio programme invited
We have received the following correspondence inviting interested members to participate in a radio programme for Ipswich Community Radio. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to promote our art in Suffolk, particularly among the student population. Anne Boileau has spoken to Douglas Coombes who welcomes us distributing this to you.
