’Country Voices’ with Barbara Chapman, David Calcutt & Nicky Hetherington, at the White Hart, 10, Wharfage, Ironbridge, Telford, TF8 7AW, 2.30-4pm. An excellent and varied afternoon of poetry. MC Simon Fletcher.

Tickets £5 on the door.

Verbalise is one of Brewery Arts’ most beloved community events, where emerging voices meet world-renowned artists on a shared stage. Join either live or online, sign up and take part, or sit back and enjoy!

7.30-10pm at Brewery Arts, 122A Highgate, Kendal, LA9 4HE

Please email annthepoet@gmail.com to book an open mic spot of up to 4 mins, including introductions. Include your words so they can be screen-shared during your performance. Please state if you will be attending live or online.

Tickets: to attend in-person £8.50 / to attend online £5.00

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‘Poetry Open Mic Plus’ hosted by Nick Pearson at the Gratitude Cafe, Duke Street, Wellington, starting at 7pm, featuring open mic slots and a guest reading from Casey Bailey, former Birmingham Poet Laureate. Pay-as-you-feel event and poets wanting to read can sign up on the night or email Nick beforehand: nk.pearson@btinternet.com


Cafe refreshments, including alcoholic beverages, available.

‘Virtual Voices’ 5-6:30 pm featuring Chris Collins, Fraser Scott and Kuli Kohli with open mic-ers. Email kuli.kohli@hotmail.co.uk to sign up for a 3-min open mic slot! Hosted by Simon Fletcher and Kuli Kohli. Pay-as-you-feel event on Zoom.

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Poetry Readers Group meets at the White Hart, 10, Wharfage, Ironbridge, Telford, TF8 7AW, 2-4 pm, and the theme will be ‘colour’.

For more information contact Paul Francis: francisliberty@btinternet.com

‘Seeing the Trees and the Woods’ anthology reading with Simon Fletcher, Kuli Kohli and local ‘tree’ poets at Penn Library, Coalway Ave, Penn Rd, Wolverhampton WV3 7LT. 11.40-12.40.

Free event.

‘Seeing the Trees and the Woods’ anthology reading with Simon Fletcher, Kuli Kohli and local ‘tree’ poets at Stourbridge Library, Crown Centre, Stourbridge, West Mids, DY81YE. 3-4pm.

Free event. For further information phone: 01384 812945.

‘Country Voices’ with Martin Kennedy Yates, Sheeba Eeswaramoorthy & David Bingham, at the White Hart, 10, Wharfage, Ironbridge, Telford, TF8 7AW, 2.30-4pm.

Tickets £5 on the door.

Simon Fletcher will feature in the first in a series of online Zoom events run by Emma Purshouse celebrating the work of some of the unsung individuals who do so much for poetry and spoken word. As well as being a fine poet in his own right, Simon ran ‘City Voices’ in Wolverhampton for 23 years. Expect conversation and poetry. These will be pay-as-you-feel events with the money going to the guest. 7-8pm.

Email emmaasif@hotmail.com for a Zoom link.