A very good night on Dec 12th - fine poems from every reader, many choosing to read favourite Christmas poems: Robert Graves, Carol Ann Duffy, U A Fanthorpe, Anne Stewart, Diana Hendry, Jane Draycott, and others.
We were delighted to welcome several new people to Zest! and warmly congratulate them for reading on their first visit to us (some people are frightened by the microphone that Alexander's provide but that little bit of terror doesn't last long - it's a superb sound system there, so good you don't know you're using it, and we are very lucky!)
The winners of our mini-competition - a four-line poem on "games" - were
Jane Dards, Mike Penny, Elizabeth Lambrakis, and Rod Cox.
Each winner chose from a selection of those elegant Candlestick Press pamphlets, and off to new homes went "10 poems about Bicycles", "10 poems about Dogs", "10 poems about Tea", and "10 poems about Gardens"
Nobody wanted "10 poems about Love" - interesting!! But one of the Zest! team members was very happy to adopt it.
Our thanks again to Colin Watts for kindly judging it for us.
I want to welcome to the Zest! team Angela Topping, a well-known poet who is full of good ideas and who will be a great addition to Zest! so we are very pleased indeed to have her on board.
Our next Zest! is on March 19th 2012 when Angela Topping will be our guest.
Please remember that the first lucky 5 poets to arrive will get to read 3 poems instead of the usual one, so if you're early please let the compere know asap. On March 19th the compere will be yours truly, Gill McEvoy, and I look forward to welcoming you all once more!
A very, very Happy Christmas to all our Zest! readers and listeners. And a joyful 2012!
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
REMINDER: Next Zest! Open Floor Poetry Night
Monday 12 December 2011 at 8:00 pm at Alexanders Theatre Bar, Rufus Court, Off Northgate, Chester CH1 2JG. Entry £2/£3.
This year’s December Zest! will be an open floor night without a guest poet.
* We will announce the results the Zest! mini poetry competition ably adjudicated by Colin Watts.
* The three Zest followers who each won a 3-poem reading slot (at the December 2010 Zest! Raffle) will be invited to come forward and take up their reading slots.
* We will announce the Zest! programme for 2012
Most importantly, please bring your poems or a favourite poem by someone else, to read / perform. Or if you prefer, just come and listen!
This year’s December Zest! will be an open floor night without a guest poet.
* We will announce the results the Zest! mini poetry competition ably adjudicated by Colin Watts.
* The three Zest followers who each won a 3-poem reading slot (at the December 2010 Zest! Raffle) will be invited to come forward and take up their reading slots.
* We will announce the Zest! programme for 2012
Most importantly, please bring your poems or a favourite poem by someone else, to read / perform. Or if you prefer, just come and listen!
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