4th January Mandy Pannett ‘Beginnings’ A group session; a pot-pourri
of poems & ideas for working on the theme.
1st February Paul Ward: ‘Right First Time?’ A look at re-worked poems.
1st March David Slade: ‘All At Sea’ The use of the sea and ships in
poetry.
12th April Geoffrey Winch: ‘An Evening of Creative & Constructive
Criticism’ A session looking at poems written by group
members on which they would value some positive feedback.
17th April Chanctonbury Cup Presentation and performance afternoon.
3rd May Mary Macey: ‘Betjeman and Larkin : Poets Laureate’
7th June Fay Marshall: ‘Byron and the stanza form in narrative verse’
5th July Diana Mitchener: ‘Poetry and Art’. Using art and
paintings for inspiration
2nd August Jill Redford: ‘The Femme Fatale’ Dangerous women!
6th September Mandy Pannett: 'Chinese Poetry in Trnslation' with particular
reference to Ezra Pound's "Cathay" and the Imaginist
Movement.
4th October Susan Skinner: subject matter to be advised
1st November Betty Hackman: 'Nature Speaks'
6th December Jackie Wills: subject matter to be advised.