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The Homend Poets & Musicians, Stimulating poetry and song!
at Ledbury Community Hub www.ledburycommunityhub.org.uk
8 New Street, Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 2DX. hello<at>ledburycommunityhub.org.uk
8 New Street, Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 2DX. hello<at>ledburycommunityhub.org.uk
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm, usually on the last Tuesday of the month, but check below in case of other dates (Christmas, summer).
Contact Nick Halligan 01684 563281 Email nickh2009<at>btinternet.com, but phone preferred
Contact Nick Halligan 01684 563281 Email nickh2009<at>btinternet.com, but phone preferred
Any poets who would like a free brief "performer" listing … in the online Folklife Directory www.folklife-directory.uk
under Performers: Pf.3 Spoken Word ~ Pf.3b Poets & Monologuists, please see
under Performers: Pf.3 Spoken Word ~ Pf.3b Poets & Monologuists, please see
From the archives. In June 2024, we had to rapidly move folklife.uk to this new site. We'll tidy up below later, priority being non-archive matters.
UPDATE JULY 2022 (2)
It's been decided to have another session in July !
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 Folklife 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
Nick Halligan 01684 563281 Email nickh2009btinternet.com, but phone preferred
It's been decided to have another session in July !
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 Folklife 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
Nick Halligan 01684 563281 Email nickh2009btinternet.com, but phone preferred
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
- 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.