Welcome to the Website of Portsmouth Poetry
Established in 2016 we are a non-profit body encouraging poets and poetry in the city specialising in community and educational projects.
Portsmouth Poetry Covid-19 Crisis
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Portsmouth Poetry has been forced to shelve its projects for Spring/Summer 2020 and our monthly 'AWAY WITH WORDS' events with Portsmouth Guildhall. We hope to return in the Autumn. Please visit our Twitter and Facebook pages
What's New?
Portsmouth Poetry Competition 2020
We are looking for poets of all ages to enter our 'CoronaVerses' competition. Entry is free. Prizes for winning poems which will be published here
Visit the Poetry Competition page for details of how to enter
Crisis Appeal
The Covid-19 pandemic has a massive economic impact. The Arts have been especially hard hit. Arts and Culture provide thousands of jobs and £billions to the UK economy. Their importance to social and community wellbeing, mental health and education is immeasurable. Yet the crisis is decimating the sector and there is a real danger that, without concrete support from government, culture as we have known it may disappear.
Portsmouth Poetry urges you to support the arts in the region by writing to your MP and signing the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to save culture from disappearing.
VISIT OUR BLOG PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS
Sign the Petition at
FIND US ALSO ON.....
For regular updates, information or to comment and contribute visit our Facebook and Twitter pages ….
@PortsmouthPoet1
Portsmouth Festivities
Portsmouth Festivities
For 10 days in June, the Festivities packs the city's unique venues with poetry, music, art, performance and talks bringing its rich heritage and thriving cultural scene to the forefront, broadening participation, capturing imaginations and celebrating diversity.
Portsmouth Poetry is proud to be a Festivities Creative Partner.
What's Here?
Find you way around our website
The site is in 8 Sections, some with more than one page....
HOMEPAGE
You're there NOW!!
ABOUT
Our Mission
+ Partners
+ Gallery
+ Who We Are
+ Contact
+ Links
2020 POETRY COMPETITION
Details of our competition and how to enter
AWAY WITH WORDS
Our monthly spoken word event at Portsmouth Guildhall Studio explores the many forms words may take. A 'Pay-What-You-Feel' event with Bar.
SEE THE AWAY WITH WORDS PAGE FOR WHATS ON NEXT!
+ Current Events
Poetry and arts related information for the area. Your chance to advertise and promote your organisation and events!
REVIEWS
Reviews of published poems and collections and the poets who create them
POETRY & WW1
The result of our WW1 project funded by Heritage Lottery, Arts Council England and Big Ideas
+ Paaschendaele 2017
Men from Portsmouth who fought in the worst battle of WW1 narrated through poetry. A Heritage Lottery funded project
+ Lost Poets
The lives and work of the poets who died in WW1
+ Invisible Women
The women poets of WW1 whose work is often overlooked
NEW WORK
+ Send us your Poems
How to submit your poetry to our site
DYLAN THOMAS
Portsmouth Poetry is run by two Welsh lovers of spoken and written word (one from West Wales & one from the North). Inevitably, we love the great (and the greatest) poets from the land of Bards.
Articles, information and events about one of the greatest modern poets who lived in Hampshire for a while including new insights and views from Portsmouth Poetry
"LOVE THE WORDS"
One of the American actors at the rehearsals for the first ever performance of Under Milk Wood at the 'Y' in New York in 1953 asked for direction. This was Dylan's response.
This is what Portsmouth Poetry is all about!
8. BLOG
Occasional blogs plus guest contributions (feel free to send us a contribution)
Occasional blogs plus guest contributions (feel free to send us a contribution)
