The Homend Poets & Musicians
UPDATE JULY 2022 (2)
It's been decided to have another session!
Tuesday 26th July, Pot & Page cafe (01531 248743), https://www.facebook.com/PotAndPage, 8 New Street, Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 2DX 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm:
Theme: “The Street I Grew Up In" or more generally Growing Up / Place.
Nick Halligan 01684 563281 Email nickh2009btinternet.com, but phone preferred
UPDATE JULY 2022 (1)
No meeting end of June as it's our end of the poetic year bash at the Ledbury Poetry Festival.
In this particular session, we read our own poems.
Tuesday 5th July, Pot & Page cafe (01531 248743), https://www.facebook.com/PotAndPage, 8 New Street, Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 2DX
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm: Homend Poets Open Mic An open evening for poets to perform and share poems in a friendly, intimate space. Food and drink available.
UPDATE MAY 2022
Tuesday 31 May (the usual last Tuesday of the month), Pot & Page cafe (01531 248743), 8 New St, Ledbury HR8 2DX
Theme: “Meetings and Journeys”
Nick Halligan 01684 563281 Email nickh2009btinternet.com, but phone preferred
UPDATE APRIL 2022
Tuesday 26 Apr (the usual last Tuesday of the month), Pot & Page cafe (01531 248743), 8 New St, Ledbury HR8 2DX
Theme: “Dawn and Dusk (Beginnings and Endings)”
Nick Halligan 01684 563281 Email nickh2009btinternet.com, but phone preferred
UPDATE MARCH 2022
Tuesday 29 Mar (the usual last Tuesday of the month), Pot & Page cafe (01531 248743), 8 New St, Ledbury HR8 2DX
Theme: “Families/Journeys”
Nick Halligan 01684 563281 Email nickh2009btinternet.com, but phone preferred
UPDATE FEBRUARY 2022
Tuesday 22 Feb (the usual last Tuesday of the month), Pot & Page cafe (01531 248743), 8 New St, Ledbury HR8 2DX
Theme: “Through A Child's Eyes”
Nick Halligan 01684 563281 Email nickh2009btinternet.com, but phone preferred
UPDATE JANUARY 2022
Tuesday 25 Jan (the usual last Tuesday of the month), Pot & Page cafe (01531 248743), 8 New St, Ledbury HR8 2DX
Pot & Page cafe is now the new home of the Homend Poets.
Theme: “Openings & Beginnings”
Nick Halligan 01684 563281 Email nickh2009btinternet.com, but phone preferred
UPDATE DECEMBER 2021
No meeting December.
UPDATE 1 NOVEMBER 2021
🄵 HOMEND POETS & MUSICIANS, Ledbury, last Tuesdays, restarted at the end of September, but venue has just closed permanently.
As noted last Newsletter, looking for a new home.
Meanwhile the following have been arranged, at the usual times of 6.30pm to 8pm
• Thursday 4 Nov, The Falcon Hotel (01885 483034), 2 Broad St, Bromyard HR7 4BT
• Then Tuesday 30 Nov (the usual last Tuesday of the month), Pot & Page cafe (01531 248743), 8 New St, Ledbury HR8 2DX
Theme: “Diamonds & Rust”
Nick Halligan 01684 563281 Email nickh2009btinternet.com, but phone preferred
UPDATE 17 OCTOBER 2021. Venue has just closed permanently.
Looking for a new home.
Suggestions welcome, please contact Nick Halligan, 01684 563281
Email nickh2009btinternet.com, but phone preferred.
Quite separately to Folklife ......... we also host on this site
The Homend Poets, Ledbury, Herefordshire
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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.
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.
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
* 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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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 ...
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From Liz Johnson, composer:
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
- 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
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
- 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
- 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.
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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
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