BBC News - Henry Normal launches National Poetry Day bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-eng…

"On Waterloo Bridge, where we said our goodbyes, the weather conditions bring tears to my eyes." Spend some time with the brilliant Wendy Cope: bbc.in/2M0wEBP

We're kicking starting the #HailshamFestival of art and soul in style in the high street from 9am with live music, street performers, Memphis Flyers, crafts for children & a glass fusion workshop! 🥁 You don't want to miss being in town this Sat bit.ly/2PzUnXr #event

Hailsham Festival 14th September, 2.30pm hailshamfestival.uk/events/downlan…

Next Meeting: Monday 12th November. Theme: dreams and fantasies.

Our next meeting is on Monday 14th January at the Lansdown Hotel. This is the evening of the AGM, followed by poems (no set theme).

Our next meeting is Monday 4th March at the Lansdowne Hotel. Theme: 'Faith' (in all meanings of the word).

After a bit of a break from Twitter, we are back! Happy 2023 to all. Our next meeting is on Wednesday 15 March. The theme is poems in a set form.

Our Open Poetry Competition closes next Tuesday, 31 Jan. So this is the final weekend for choosing and honing your poems. Which of your poems might make our judge Jonathan Edwards sit up and take notice? kentandsussexpoetry.com/kent-sussex-po…

Why enter our 2023 writing comp? ✨ £20K total prize pot ✨ The chance to be published in our anthology ✨ If you win, we won't just champion you as a winner, but as a member of The Bridport Prize Family Deadline 31 May 2023. Start here: bridportprize.org.uk #AmWriting

Okay folks, all ready for February's open mic? Come and join us at Printers Playhouse on Sunday 12th February for Guest Poet @ClareSaponia and our wonderful community line up of wordsmiths and wits. It's going to be faaab! #poetrycommunity #openmic #community

Join us on Tuesday for poetry, open mic and general gloriousness! Guest poet Andy Breckenridge See you there. It's going to be faaab! #poetrycommunity #openmic #spokenword

Forward Prizes for Poetry Open 2018 Submissions, Announce Jury publishingperspectives.com/2018/01/forwar… via PubPerspectives

Nearly 100 #poetry competitions, writing submissions and opportunities open or with deadlines in February 2018. Good luck & pls share! angelatcarr.wordpress.com/2018/02/02/poe…

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Share your #poems & short #poetry films on instagram - tag @WetBlackBough & #instapoetrylib for exhibition at the National Poetry Library. poetrylibrary.org.uk/news/library/?…

The Downland Poets: March meeting thedownlandpoets.blogspot.com/2018/03/march-…

Samuel Taylor Coleridge's remains rediscovered in wine cellar theguardian.com/books/2018/apr…