Latest Notices

FRP Open Mic Evening – 4th January 2018

Guest Poet – 2nd November 2017
Linda Saunders will be our next Guest Poet
We meet at Creative Innovation Centre (CIC)
Starting at 8 pm (doors open from 7:30)
Entrance Fee £5
For available Open Mic slots, please contact John Stuart

Guest Poet – 5th October 2017
We shall be welcoming Pamela Zinnermann-Hope on 5th October at the CIC venue.
She will be reading from her highly acclaimed collection “On Cigarette Papers’.
Guest Poet – 7th September 2017
Do come along to hear our guest poet this month Gram Joel Davies.
There are still a few Open Mic slots available for this evening.
Contact John Stuart as usual for bookings.
FRP and Taunton Live Festival Event – Thursday 27 July
As part of the Taunton Live Festival, there will be a
Poetry Reading with the Fire River Poets
on Thursday 27th July
from 7:30pm to 10:pm
at the Winchester Arms, Castle Green, Taunton.
PRIZE WINNERS – Young Poets Competition 2017
PRIZE WINNERS Young Poets Competition 2017
1st Prize – Ruby Hanson (Minehead First) I always and always!
Joint 2nd Prize
– Ryan Reed (Parkfield School) Running Through the Seasons
– Sophie Hough (Minehead) First Colours and happiness
Joint 3rd Prize
– Jemima Anderson Tip a Tap a
– Lucie McLannon, (Minehead First) What is Cloudy?
Highly Commended
– Martha Joanne Milton-Jenkins, (Minehead) Wet Easter Eggs
See more photos and details at Results of Somerset Young Poets Competition 2017, including Commended Entries and the prize winning poems.