Poets & Poems

Current FRP Members:
(with Links to their biographies and some of their poems)

Elizabeth Bradshaw – FRP on Twitter
Matt Bryden
Sue Beckinsale
Kathryn Davies
Annie Fisher – Minutes Secretary
Sue Lansdell
Genista Lewes – Treasurer; booking guest poets
Graeme Ryan
John Stuart – Chairman
Anthony Watts – Workshops, ‘Forthcoming Competitions’

Former FRP members:

Hissa Al-Badi
Chrissy Banks
Ross Bryant
Adrian Campbell
Janice Cockett
Ash Dean
Ray Dunn
Tony French
Derek Power
Julie Sampson
Saffron Summerfield

If you wish to join us at a Zoom Event, please use the Zoom Event Registration Form to let us know. We will email you with the Zoom Meeting Link nearer the time.

Open mic slots – If you would like to read at a Zoom Event, you can request this also on the Registration Form. Slots are currently restricted to one poem per poet.

Fee for Zoom meetings.
We are a small organisation and can not run events and book guest poets without income.
We invite those who wish to attend our Zoom meetings to please make a small contribution by clicking the Donate Button below.
(You can use your Debit/Credit Card or PayPal account. As a guide, the fee for entry to our Poetry Events at CIC was £6.)

February 6 – Anthony Watts
March 5 – Rachael Clyne
* All following events postponed *
March 20 – Fire River Poets evening
April 2 – Will Harris
May 7 – Luke Palmer
June 4 – Sheila Aldous
July 2 – Open mic evening
August 6 – Open mic evening
Sept 3 – Virginia Griem & Veronica Aaronson
Oct 1 – Chrissy Banks
Nov 5 – Graham Burchell and Rosie Jackson
Dec 3 – Open mic evening

Most events are held on a Thursday at 8pm in Taunton at the Creative Innovation Centre (CIC).
Centre
Bookable Open Mic slots are also available on Guest evenings.