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the Homend Poets & Musicians

Quite separately to Folklife ......... we also host on this site
The Homend Poets, Ledbury, Herefordshire

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the Homend Poets
& Musicians
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Ledbury, Herefordshire
www.folklife.uk/
homend-poets.html


Stimulating poetry and song!
 
At the Ice Bytes Cafe, 38 Homend, Ledbury, HR8 1BT

( Ice Bytes Internet Cafe & Ice Cream Parlour & Ledbury Tourist Information Centre )
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The Homend Poets'
10th book,
launched at the
Ledbury Poetry
Festival in 2017

Photo collage © copyright Liz Johnson, December 2017
The Homend Poets meet monthly on a Tuesday - schedule see below.

They are led by Nick Halligan, and read poetry and play a few songs.

Light-hearted and fun - all are welcome
- the group invite poets, singers and musicians to come along and share a poem or song (your own or another's work).

Or simply relax and listen during an evening that is guaranteed to be enjoyable.
The evening is free, and kicks off at 6:30pm, and lasts for about two hours;
the first half is themed and the second half is open.
 
Refreshments are available, superb coffees, an excellent crepe menu, cakes, and baguettes: these evenings are a delight to participate in, or a great way to relax and enjoy an evening supper.
 
The group produce an annual book of poems by group members.

Schedule

meets monthly on a Tuesday, from September to May, plus July     Usually on the last Tuesday in the month; usually earlier Tuesday in December
  • 1st or 2nd Tuesday in July for The Ledbury Poetry Festival evening, when local and visiting poets read their own work at this informal music and poetry event. Bring along your own poetry or simply relax and listen during an evening that is guaranteed to be enjoyable; the annual Homend Poets book is launched at that meeting

Meetings 2019 - 2020 season

  • Tuesday 24 September 2019 - Change and Decay​
  • Tuesday 29 October 2019 - Chasing Rainbows
  • Tuesday 26 November 2019 - Water and Winter
  • Tuesday 17 December 2019 - Celebrations
  • Tuesday 28 January 2020 - The Old and The New
  • Tuesday 25 February 2020 - Humour - From Belly Laugh to BItter Laugh
  • Tuesday 31 March 2020 - Dwellings / Homes -- cancelled
  • More tba later ..................................

* Themes for further meetings are chosen at the end of the previous meeting

Archive of dates and themes: at foot of page

Contact

Nick Halligan
01684 563281
Email nickh2009@btinternet.com, but phone preferred

Ice Bytes Cafe
0844 567 8650
Email ledburytic@gmail.com

Contact Nick as above to be notified of any changes of dates etc

Links

* Homend Poets' individual sites, publications news, other poetry sites, pictures, etc., welcome
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www.poetry-festival.co.uk
see News, below
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http://billthomaspoetry.weebly.com
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Liz Johnson
composer
www.lizjohnson.co.uk


Poems and Pints
in South Wales

see
http://chevalwriters.org.uk/poems_and_pints.html
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Performance Poet John & Pianist Extroidinaire Chris deliver a variety of both well known and new words in jocular and thoughtful veins, together with loadsa boogie woogie and similar stuff.... Contact details below
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The Somers Folk Club, Worcester
is a folk night; it may include poems from time to time
www.somers-folk-club.org.uk
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News

5 - 14 July 2018. Ledbury Poetry Festival www.poetry-festival.co.uk
Ledbury Poetry Festival, The Master's House, St Katherine's, Bye Street, Ledbury HR8 1EA. Box Office: 01531 636232, boxoffice@poetry-festival.co.uk •"The Ledbury Poetry Festival takes place over ten days each July. We are the biggest and best poetry festival in the UK, featuring poets from all over the world. If you think you know what poetry is, come along and we'll surprise you. There are live readings, performances, workshops, open mics, music, exhibitions, films, family events, street events, a slam and much more. Join us for a celebration of poetry in the rural heartland of England."
Some free events, includes our own Homend Poets ...
  • Tuesday 9 July 2017, 6.30pm - 8.30pm, Icebytes. Local poets read their own work at this informal poetry and music event. Bring along your own poetry or simply relax and listen during an evening that is guaranteed to be enjoyable.
  • This meeting includes launching the new annual book of poems
Check the website for events including some during the rest of the year.
From Liz Johnson, composer:
  • A refugee sailor's life: here's a film we made in London featuring the song I sang in November 2016. Do share the link, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcCBzJoLScE
Best wishes,
Liz
Liz Johnson composer, www.lizjohnson.co.uk

Bard & Boogie,
Performance Poet John & Pianist Extroidinaire Chris deliver a variety of both well known and new words in jocular and thoughtful veins, together with loadsa boogie woogie and similar stuff.... The Bonzos and the Liverpool Poets live on!  Based in Malvern, Worc. Contact John Bradshaw on 01684 564962 or 07972523685, john@jrbpub.net, &/or Chris Hall on 01684 891959

Archive of dates and themes

  • Tuesday 27 January 2015 ~~ Out with the new, In with the old
  • Tuesday 24 February 2015 ~~ Amateur and Professional
  • Tuesday 31 March 2015~~ Festivals and Celebrations
  • Tuesday 28 April 2015 ~~ Parents
  • Tuesday 26 May 2015 ~~ Character or Characters
  • Tuesday 7 July 2015 ~~ The Ledbury Poetry Festival meeting - includes launching the new annual book of poems
2015 to July 2016 season -- Sept 2015 to July 2016 Poetry Festival
  • Tuesday 29 September 2015 ~~ no theme
  • Tuesday 27 October 2015 ~~ Music and Song
  • Tuesday 24 November 2015~~ Happiness
  • Tuesday 15 December 2015 ~~ Lost and Found
  • Tuesday 26 January 2016 ~~ The Elements
  • Tuesday 23 February 2016 ~~ Stars, Masks, & Mouthpieces
  • Tuesday 22 March 2016 (different date due to Easter) ~~ Home and Away
  • Tuesday 26 April 2016~~ Choose a well-known line from a poem to use in your own poem
  • Tuesday 31 May 2016 ~~ Sea and Land
  • Tuesday 5 July 2016 ~~ The Ledbury Poetry Festival meeting - includes launching the new annual book of poems
2016 to July 2017 season -- Sept 2016 to July 2017 Poetry Festival
  • Tuesday 27 September 2016 ~~ Roads and Pathways
  • Tuesday 25 October 2016 ~~ Relatives and Relations
  • Tuesday 29 November 2016 ~~ Pets and Animals
  • Tuesday 20 December 2016 ~~ Home and Homelessness
  • Tuesday 31 January 2017 ~~ Dreams and Nightmares
  • Tuesday 28 February 2017 ~~ Gender
  • Tuesday 28 March 2017 ~~ Shadows
  • Tuesday 25 April 2017 ~~ Chance
  • Tuesday 30 May 2017 ~~ Night and Day
  • Tuesday 4 July 2017 - The Ledbury Poetry Festival evening - includes launching the new annual book of poems
Meetings 2017 - 2018 season 
  • Tuesday 26 September 2017 -- Trees and Gardens
  • Tuesday 31 October 2017 -- Magic, Transformation, and Change
  • Tuesday 28 November 2017 -- Friends and Neighbours
  • Tuesday 19 December 2017 -- Celebrations and Rites of Passage
  • Tuesday 30 January 2018 -- Hope
  • Tuesday  27 February 2018 -- Women
  • Tuesday  27 March 2018 -- The Right To Roam
  • Tuesday  24 April 2018 -- Arrivals and Departures
  • Tuesday  29 May 2018 -- The Sea
  • Tuesday 3 July 2018 ~~ The Ledbury Poetry Festival meeting - includes launching the new annual book of poems
​Meetings 2018 - 2019 season 
  • Tuesday 25 September 2018 - Buildings
  • Tuesday 23 (not 30) October 2018 -- War and Peace
  • Tuesday 27 November 2018 -- Food and Drink
  • Tuesday 18 December 2018 - Celebrations
  • Tuesday 29 January 2019 - 1st Night, Hangovers, and Resolutions
  • Tuesday 26 February 2019 -  Transformations, Metamorphosis, Change
  • Tuesday 26 March 2019 - Myths and Legends
  • Tuesday 30 April 2019 -  Lost and Found
  • Tuesday 28 May 2019 - Dreams & Memories
  • Tuesday 9 July 2019 -  The Ledbury Poetry Festival evening, see above under Schedule - includes launching the new annual book of poems.

Prepared by
Sam, the editor of FW Folklife West magazine: Folklife West, includes link to online version: www.folklife.uk
  •  3 per year (4-monthly): Jan, May, Sep
  • Email sam@folklife.uk
  • Our detailed Folklife members online Directory www.folklife-directory.uk  listing folk clubs, singarounds, music sessions, tune clubs, dance clubs, poetry sessions, ceilidh series, concert series, storytelling clubs ... folk performers, folk workshops, folk festivals ...
  • Our Welsh-language Traditions (bilingual site) is www.bywyd-gwerin.cymru
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