The Essex Poetry and Prose Society was founded in spring 1959.
We meet at 3pm in Stebbing, Essex,
usually on the last Sunday in each month. Membership costs £10 per year.
For the third year we have adopted a "Poetry Café" format for most meetings.
Turn up, and bring a poem or two to read—well known, obscure, or even your own!
There may be a theme to each meeting, decided the month before, but keeping to the theme is optional.
| January 31 | Poetry Café |
| Optional theme: East Anglia | |
| February 28 | Prose Café |
| Optional theme: Water | |
| Wednesday March 23 | (7.30 pm for 8 pm) |
| Evening Poetry event with the Stebbing Ladies Group in the White Hart Pub. | |
| March 27 | Poetry Café |
| Optional theme: Renewal | |
| April 24 | Poetry Café |
| Optional theme: Alexander Pope | |
| May 29 | Poetry Café |
| Optional theme: John Dryden | |
| June 26 | Poetry Café |
| Optional theme: War | |
| July 31 | Poetry Café |
| Optional theme: Summertime | |
| October 30 | Annual General Meeting |
| November 27 | Poetry Café |
There are no meetings in August, September or December
To give some indication of the range of our meetings, programmes for previous years are listed here.
New members are welome. If you would like to join us at one of our meetings, please leave a message with your contact details on 01206 395711 for more information about the venue.
The Essex Poetry and Prose Society is now a Stanza of the Poetry Society.