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What's coming up?

Our regular open mic continues 

Tuesday 14th January '25​​​

Guest poet:  Amanda Hills

Come early and bag a slot for the open mic or join our audience and lap up the atmosphere in good company, listening to marvellous poetry from local poets and wordsmiths. All this and more in the wonderful surroundings of The Frontier Bar, Grove Road

Don't miss it!

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It's going to be faaaaab!​

Community People
Seahaven Radio
hosts Poetry Cafe competition winners.  

November's Guest Poet  Nicki Watts 

October's Open Mic 

National Poetry Day Celebration
Wednesday
2nd October 2024
Grove Theatre
Eastbourne
 

Enter our National Poetry Day Competition
August 31st deadline.

DEADLINE EXPIRED

COMPETITION RULES

  • Poems written on the theme of ‘Counting’

  • Email entries should be sent to poetrycafeugt@aol.com  (or text 07848026186 for postal address)

  • Maximum of three entries per person

  • Poems should not exceed 30 lines or 300 words

  • Each poem should be on a separate page

  • No page should identify the author

  • Email subject heading should be NPD Competition Entry

  • In the body of the email, please state your age category, contact details and permission (or decline) to have your work published on our website

  • Judges’ decisions are final

  • Closing date for entries is 31st August 2024

September's Guest Poet 
Zara Luther

July's Open Mic with Guest Poet Soo Doe

June's Open Mic with Guest Poet Grace Pilkington

May's Open Mic with Guest Poet Keith Wilson

April's Open Mic with Guest Poet Marjorie Holmes

March's Open Mic with Guest Poet Andy Breckenridge

February's Open Mic With Guest Poet Di Hills 

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January's Open Mic with Guest Poet
Noah Rutter  

December's Open Mic, with Guest poet Jackie Hutchinson

November Open Mic, with Mike Litchen  

October Open Mic, with Akila Richards  

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National Poetry Day celebration and competition winners

September's Open Mic with Guest Poet, Socman

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Seahaven FM Radio interview 
7th August

July's Open mic with Guest Poet, Laura Fernandez-Kayne 

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Pop up Poetry at the Tunbridge Wells' Poetry Festival

June's Open Mic with Phil Vernon

May's Open mic
with Ben Cusden 

April's open mic with Peppy Scott and David Smith AKA: Flitt and Folio

World Poetry Day Celebrations 

Clare Saponia February's Guest poet  

Joseph R Mason
January's Guest Poet

Snow

White out for December!

Karen Smith and 
Chris Horton November's Guest Poets

Kate Collier October's Guest Poet

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Mark Durbidge
September's Guest Poet

Alinah Azadeh
July's Guest Poet 

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John McCullough June's Guest Poet 

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Poetry Cafe poets entertaining street party goers for the Jubilee celebrations 

Sonya Smith as May's Guest Poet 

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John Roper as
April's Open Mic 
Guest Poet

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  • 20th March 2022

  • Printer's Play House, Eastbourne

  • 7:15pm start

  • Entry £3:00

  • Tickets available on the door 

  • Prebook to avoid disappointment by contacting us on the link below. 

  • Bar available 

World Poetry Day 

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