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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