| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Coordinator: | |
| When: | On Monday afternoons 14:15 3rd Monday of the month |
| Venue: | Solihull Library |
We meet to recite poetry in a quiet area of Solihull Library, so no need to project the voice. Members choose a topic for the following month; recently we've looked at Wintertime, Humour, Love & Relationships and Nature. Members bring different poems based on these themes to read.
As a group, we are relaxed and give ourselves some time away from everyday tensions and anxieties. At the same time it is a lively group and some interesting discussions follow.
Over the last year, a few of the poets we have covered include Pam Ayres, Andrew Motion, Maya Angelou , Wendy Cope, Sylvia Plath, John Betjeman, Spike Milligan, Christina Rossetti, Shakespeare and Dylan Thomas, as well as poetry of musical theatre .
If you are interested in this, or just want to give it a go to see if you like it, then get in touch with the Coordinator using the link above.
Forthcoming Meetings
Past Meetings
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For February, we agreed a Laugh and some Humour would be welcome. We shared some great poems as well as listening to presentations on some of the poets.
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We read poems by Sylvia Plath. She used words sparingly, yet they are full of passion and feeling. Definitely challenging, but different people reading them through a couple of times really helped.
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November's subject was ‘Animals ‘…. not just domestic, but also farm animals, wild and jungle, and mystical creatures such as the phoenix. Some serious and some very amusing.
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We had a great meeting, with lots of poems about Autumn. It was nice to hear the classics once again, mixed with some unusual and previously unknown poetry.
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The Poetry Reading group held its first meeting at Solihull Library. We were given a quiet, comfortable area in which to meet. For the first meeting, the themes of our choices were ‘Favourite Poems’, ‘Poems we just enjoyed reading' and ‘Poems with a special meaning’.