A warm welcome from The Downland Poets

A warm welcome from The Downland Poets. We are a county poetry group, for residents in East and West Sussex.

Monday, 1 October 2012

National Poetry Day - Thursday 4th October

We will be reading some poems at Eastbourne Library on Thursday 4th October, from 7pm - 9pm. 

The theme is Four Ages of Life (childhood, adolescence, maturity, retirement), and the work read will be a combination of well known poems and our own. 

Entrance is £3 and includes a tea or coffee:

http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/whatson/event.aspx?event=7018043

Thursday, 9 August 2012

Hailsham Arts Festival 2012

We will be involved with the Hailsham Arts Festival again this year on Tuesday 11th September.

Poets Corner will be held at Callenders Restaurant in Hailsham, from 2.30pm - 4.30pm.

The theme is 'A Sense of Place' and you are invited to bring your own poem. Free Entry.

Hailsham Arts Festival

The programme of events for Hailsham Arts Festival is now available on their website,

EBJ Adjudication.

Our September meeting is the EBJ Adjudication evening, on Monday 10th September.

Monday, 2 July 2012

Summer meeting - Saturday 14th July

Please note the summer meeting due to take place at Tom and Suzy's on Saturday 14th July has been cancelled.

Please send your EBJ entries directly to Elizabeth Jenks by 21st July.

Many thanks.


Thursday, 7 June 2012

Love and Romance

Our next meeting is on Monday 11th June.
The theme is a poem of Love or Romance.

The last date for entries to the September Downlander is Saturday 30th June.  Please bring any entries you have ready to this June meeting for Peter to collect.  Many thanks.

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Paganism

Our next meeting is on Monday 14th May at The Lansdowne Hotel, Eastbourne.

The theme for this evening is Paganism.

Sunday, 11 March 2012

Our next meeting is on Monday 2nd April at The Lansdowne Hotel, King Edward's Parade, Eastbourne.

The theme for the evening is a journey - physical or spiritual.

Thursday, 1 March 2012

Our next meeting is on Monday 5th March at The Lansdowne Hotel, King Edward's Parade, Eastbourne.

We will have a guest speaker on the subject of the life and poetry of Rudyard Kipling.