We are a mutually supportive group of enthusiastic poets who are committed to improving our skills and taking poetry into the local community. Our aim is to encourage and promote the enjoyment of writing poetry, to all age groups. Our annual programme includes twelve monthly meetings on the last Monday evening of the month, between 7.30 and 10 p.m. They are held in Dorking in the Tower Room, Mole Valley Council, Pippbrook.
The evening is divided into two parts:
- The first hour includes a discussion about various aspects of poetry, or individual published poets, and is presented by one of the group members. Examples of past themes include: Haibun, Oral poetry of the world, 21st Century poetry, Humour in poetry, Denise Levertov, Kathleen Raine. We also invite guest poets to read from their own collections as well as offering a critique of our poems.
- The second hour of our meeting is a workshop of four poems brought by members.
Some meetings, such as those held during the Mole Valley annual Arts Alive Festival, are open to members of the public - workshops on creative writing, Poetry Pub events.
The annual subscription is £18.
If you would like to join the group, or require further information, please contact the Membership Secretary.
Meeting Notes
- Robert Frost, 1st June 2009
Summertime and the Haiku is Easy
Saturday 20th June 20091pm - 4pm
Park House
Red House Grounds
Leatherhead
(just across the road down slope from station)
Join members of
The British Haiku Society
for haiku writing forays
in the park, along the river
and near the millpond
(free)
and later from
7.30pm - 9pm at
Green Room, Leatherhead Theatre
for a
Reading of Haiku and related pieces
with musical accompaniment
(small charge on the door)
on the fishing platform
a heron
fishing
This event is being supported by
Mole Valley Arts Forum
and British Haiku Society