Events
'Poetry is the best words in the best order'
Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
THIS MONTH JUNE - TWO EVENTS IN TEIGNMOUTH:
‘An Evening With…’ Thurs 21st, 7.30pm - Oystercatchers Café
and
‘Poetry Teignmouth Open Mic’ Weds 27th, 7.30, The Ice Factory
See below for the details.
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Next Event: Thurs 21st June, Oystercatchers Café, 7.30
‘An Evening With the Poetry of Michael Longley’
Michael Longley's entry on the Poetry Foundation’s website is a glowing testament to perhaps Northern Ireland’s foremost living poet: ‘Michael Longley is renowned for the quiet beauty of his compact, meditative lyrics... His poetry is marked by sharp observation of the natural world, deft use of technique, and deeply felt emotion.’
Among many awards, Michael Longley has won the Whitbread Poetry Prize, the Irish Times Literature Prize for Poetry and the T.S. Eliot Prize. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and in 2001 was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry. His Collected Poems (2006) is highly recommended; you will also find many of his best-known pieces on poemhunter.com.
Longley’s work has been described as ‘masterpieces of lucidity, economy, sincerity… by means of meticulous, unpretentious technique’. These are qualities which we mere mortals can only dream of, surely? Come and hear how it should be done on the 21st.
Poets you have asked us to feature in future events: WH Auden, Anne Stevenson, Moniza Alvi, Ros Barber, Eavan Boland, Alison Brackenbury, Julia Copus, Louise Gluck, Jen Hadfield, Helen Mort, Sinead Morrisey, William Blake, Ben Okri, Clive Sansom, Robert Herrick, Adrienne Rich, Donald Atkinson, AE Houseman, Robert Graves, Ernest Dowson, Douglas Dunn, Robin Robertson, Wilfred Owen, Wendy Cope… More themes and nominations welcome!
Our Oystercatchers base. Oystercatchers makes a loss on most of these evenings. We ask for a £2 donation when we pass round the Poetry Teignmouth hat. This covers the café’s £25 fee. Any excess from these and all our events goes entirely to raising funds for the Festival. Also, please sample the drinks and snacks, many of which are local products.
You are invited to bring favourite poems by the featured poet, share them by reading them aloud, or listen as they are read by someone else. During the evening, we will choose a few poems to look at in more depth.
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Poetry Playtime is taking a summer break. Jennie will be back with her library sessions in September. This will be a mixture of discussion of poetry, writing practice/exercises and anything else that arises from the group, but won't involve feedback sessions. Cost will depend on how many are interested, but won't be expensive. Cost: not more than £5. Venue is the basement room beneath the library, teas available but bring your own mugs. Details: jenniewordwitch@gmail.com
Poetry Playtime is taking a summer break. Jennie will be back with her library sessions in September. This will be a mixture of discussion of poetry, writing practice/exercises and anything else that arises from the group, but won't involve feedback sessions. Cost will depend on how many are interested, but won't be expensive. Cost: not more than £5. Venue is the basement room beneath the library, teas available but bring your own mugs. Details: jenniewordwitch@gmail.com
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Next Event - OPEN MIC
Date: Wed 27th June
Venue: The Ice Factory, rear of 10 Somerset Place, Teignmouth, TQ14 8EN
Time: 8pm - 10pm
Cost: £4
Here’s a chance to roll out your liveliest poems in the excellent performance space of The Ice Factory.
Doors open at 7.30 for an 8pm start. MC, as usual, will be Veronica Aaronson, who reminds us there is no advance booking – just turn up. £4 on the door.
Previous open mics have proved so popular that we’ve now committed to one event every three months.
Next Event - OPEN MIC
Date: Wed 27th June
Venue: The Ice Factory, rear of 10 Somerset Place, Teignmouth, TQ14 8EN
Time: 8pm - 10pm
Cost: £4
Here’s a chance to roll out your liveliest poems in the excellent performance space of The Ice Factory.
Doors open at 7.30 for an 8pm start. MC, as usual, will be Veronica Aaronson, who reminds us there is no advance booking – just turn up. £4 on the door.
Previous open mics have proved so popular that we’ve now committed to one event every three months.
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Reading Poetry to Residents of Care Homes: We currently visit Sefton Hall in Dawlish once a month, normally on the third Thursday. We are looking to visit other venues. If you could spare time to take part in this rewarding experience, contact Don Pearson donpearson61@hotmail.com or Jennie Osborne jenniewordwitch@gmail.com .
Folk Parties… As part of his ongoing promotion of all things Folk, Hugh Diamond is running occasional Friday night parties at the Alice Cross Centre. Poets and poetry will be welcomed, he says. Entry is free (there’s a collection in aid of ACC funds). More details from flyers posted in TAAG, or call Hugh on 01626 775517.
Follow us on Twitter @teignpoets
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OTHER REGULAR EVENTS
‘Uncut Poets’
Contemporary poetry in the Black Box studio at the Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter. Last Thursday each month, 7.30pm. More details via the Phoenix website – see links page for website.
Reading Poetry to Residents of Care Homes: We currently visit Sefton Hall in Dawlish once a month, normally on the third Thursday. We are looking to visit other venues. If you could spare time to take part in this rewarding experience, contact Don Pearson donpearson61@hotmail.com or Jennie Osborne jenniewordwitch@gmail.com .
Folk Parties… As part of his ongoing promotion of all things Folk, Hugh Diamond is running occasional Friday night parties at the Alice Cross Centre. Poets and poetry will be welcomed, he says. Entry is free (there’s a collection in aid of ACC funds). More details from flyers posted in TAAG, or call Hugh on 01626 775517.
Follow us on Twitter @teignpoets
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OTHER REGULAR EVENTS
‘Uncut Poets’
Contemporary poetry in the Black Box studio at the Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter. Last Thursday each month, 7.30pm. More details via the Phoenix website – see links page for website.