https://www.creativehertfordshire.com/listings/news/?archive=1&user=6717&view=rss Wed, 17 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/simon-from-ver-poets/ver-poets-agm-and-door-into-the-dark-competition-results/ Friday September 19th, 7.30 pm. Members invited to come along for the AGM in St Michael’s Church Hall and have their say on the running of the society. After a pause for refreshments, at 9 pm we will find out who pene... Sun, 05 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/simon-from-ver-poets/maltingsartstheatre-co-uk/ FOLKIES AND POETS COMBINE FORCES If you’re looking for some arty entertainment for a Saturday night, try the cabaret evening at the Maltings Arts Theatre for a mix of music, folk songs and some of the best modern poetry... Sun, 05 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/simon-from-ver-poets/dylan-thomas-eveninghttps-www-facebook-com-pages-ver-poets-116/ The rumours have started. A dead poet has been spotted late at night, stumbling through the Maltings. “Dylan Thomas is still alive,” it’s whispered. “Surely that was Elvis?” comes the reply. But the witness knows what ... Tue, 13 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/simon-from-ver-poets/the-chinese-puzzle/ Have you ever felt that you would like to understand the Chinese better? Well an illustrated talk in St Albans on Friday January 23rd could provide some of the answers. China expert and translator Kevin Maynard points o... Tue, 03 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/simon-from-ver-poets/the-mariner-comes-to-st-michael-s/ Ver Poets are holding a Sea Poetry and Music evening on Friday March 20th at 7.45 for 8 pm. The event will feature foot-tapping nautical tunes, a performance of classic poems including the Ancient Mariner and Dover Beach... Wed, 01 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/simon-from-ver-poets/24-hadleigh-court/ Poets from across Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire will gather in St Albans on Monday April 27 for a reading by Kit Wright. He is the author of more than 25 books for adults and children and the winner of numerous literary... Wed, 11 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/simon-from-ver-poets/poems-and/ In a fascinating look at the history and cultures of the Middle East, award-winning poet Ruth Padel will be reading from her book Learning to Make an Oud in Nazareth. The book celebrates the different groups with lin... Wed, 11 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/simon-from-ver-poets/hindu-epic-comes-to-st-albans/ The Mahabharata offers a gateway to the rich culture and history of India. It is the world’s longest epic poem. For many scholars it is as important as the Bible, Shakespeare or Homer in the development of civilisation.... Mon, 11 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/simon-from-ver-poets/shakespeare-s-mysterious-muse/ Shakespeare is the world’s most famous playwright. But in his own time he was better known as the author of best-selling poems. A rich selection of these can be heard in St on Friday April 15th in a joint production by V... Mon, 11 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/simon-from-ver-poets/lessons-of-chernobyl-30-years-on/ Thirty years ago the world’s worst nuclear accident happened in Ukraine. A radioactive cloud rose three miles in the air and was blown around the world. Thousands of people died as a result and a large area of la... Fri, 07 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/simon-from-ver-poets/healing-poetry/ CAN WORDS HEAL? Can poetry help you cope with pain and illness? To find out, you should come along to St Albans Central Library on Wednesday October 19th for an evening of Healing Poetry. The event which... Tue, 08 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/simon-from-ver-poets/what-have-the-americans-done-for-us/ As Monty Python might have put it - What have the Americans done for us? Well – there’s Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost. Then you might mention Wallace Stevens, ee cummings, Sylvia Plath, Mark Doty, Sharon Ol... Mon, 21 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/simon-from-ver-poets/poetry-and-religion/ Is religious poetry dead? To find out come to the launch of The Poet’s Quest for God – 21st Century Poems of Faith, Doubt and Wonder in St Albans on Saturday December 3. The anthology contains 300 poems from al...