The annual reading at Walpole Old Chapel was held on Sunday, 12 June, on the theme of ‘Midsummer’.
20 SPS poets read, and musical interludes, including a step dance, were provided by the long-established ceilidh band Syzewell Gap.
The afternoon was ably organised by Sue Foster, with the Chair, Beth Soule, opening proceedings.
The poems read were:
The Month of the Summer Solstice Midsummer’s Night (Under a June Moon) | Ivor Murrell |
Benacre Layers Summer in Mid Suffolk | Sue Mobbs |
Cool Flaming June | Julia Duke |
Where The Bee Sucks Sweltering | Lynne Nesbit |
Midsummer | Ian Griffiths |
June Breakfast Majesty of Garden | Marianne Koby Johnson |
Concert for Midsummer’s Eve June Mornings on Castle Meadow | Diane Jackman |
Waveney Valley Sculpture Trail The ‘A’ Word – visit to Adlestrop June 29th 2015 | Elizabeth Bracken |
Delphinians Blue | Rosemary Jones |
Solstice Norway Summer | Gillian Chaplin |
Floribundance Summer | Beth Soule |
On The Beach at Chikka Lebanon My Chinese Acupuncturist’s Last Words | Antony Johae |
By Chance I Walked Midsummer Salerno | Sue Foster |
Orkney Summer Blackbird and White Cat | Heather Goddin |
Gale Force Winds (read by Sue Foster) World (read by Beth Soule) | Kate Foley |
Midsummer Sketch | Gordon Hoyles |
Caravanned Summer | Sally East |
Holidays Peace Rose | Valerie Denton |
Looking For Heaven Bins | Tim Lenton |
Midsummer 1892 (after James Guthrie) Summer | Sue Wallace-Shaddad |
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