We are pleased to announce the winner of 2018 Prose Poem Competition is Patricia Millner for her poem Bird Count, November Second Prize: Anne Caldwell – Crossroads Third Prize: Josh Ekroy – The Cave on the Moon Read the judge’s report here Highly Commended Poems Clare Best – When He Says Yes When She Says No Jinny Fisher – Make Way for the Golf Carts … Continue reading Results of the Tongues&Grooves Prose Poem Competition 2018
SUNDAY 21 MAY THE SQUARE TOWER 7.30 – 10PM Doors 7pm £4 FERRY TALES Ferry Tales is a group of poets, musicians, writers and a photographer in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight who are running events, exhibitions and workshops for local people on the theme of arrivals and departures in their lives. Poets ROBYN BOLAM and LYDIA FULLEYLOVE will be joining MAGGIE SAWKINS and other Portsmouth … Continue reading Sunday 21st May 2017: Ferry Tales
SUNDAY 20 NOVEMBER THE SQUARE TOWER 7.30 – 10PM Doors 7pm £4 Gareth Toms welcomes you to a special DARK FEST OPEN MIC. Time to give an airing to those dark poems lurking in the bottom drawer! Music with JON EVERITT‘S WIRELESS, and MARTIN HEYS. Continue reading Sunday 20th November 2016: Dark Fest Open Mic
SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER THE SQUARE TOWER 7.30 – 10pm Doors 7pm £4 Bournemouth’s premiere spoken word game POETRY ON THE SPOT comes to Portsmouth with Bob Hill and Paul Canon Harris sharing their words and setting each other spoken word improv challenges with silly prompts revealed onstage. Expect untranslatable words, bus driving monkeys, boyfriends who look like Hitler and well crafted poems written ‘on the spot’. https://www.facebook.com/POTSImprov/ Continue reading Sunday 16th October 2016: Poetry on the Spot with Bob Hill and Paul Canon Harris
SUNDAY 17 JULY THE SQUARE TOWER 7.30 – 10pm Doors 7pm £5 | £4 OPEN MIC night. Sign up on the door for a 3 minute slot. Also appearing, the multifarious LES KAZOOS D’AMOUR! Continue reading Past Events: Sunday 17th July 2016: Open Mic Night
SUNDAY 15th May 2016 HAMPSHIRE FESTIVAL OF THE MIND ‘DIVING INTO THE WRECK’ Music with LES KAZOOS D’AMOUR and MARTIN HEYS VENUE: The Square Tower, PO1 2JE Doors 7:30pm 8pm – 10pm £4 A group production evoking the secret world of serious addiction: its craziness, nastiness, predictable routines, and dark humour. Written and performed by former addicts, with the artistic support of director Mark C … Continue reading Past Events: Sunday 15th May 2016: Diving into the Wreck (Festival of the Mind)
Poetry and Music in Portsmouth and Southsea 