Next Buzzwords
Sunday October 1st
Upstairs at the Exmouth Arms, Bath Road, Cheltenham
Workshop lead by Cliff Yates 7pm
Open mic and readings 8pm
Guest poet Cliff Yates
pay on the door, £5 waged, £3 unwaged.
Cliff Yates’s New & Selected Poems (Smith/Doorstop) brings together over thirty years of work, from his Fenton Aldeburgh prizewinning debut Henry’s Clock to his most recent pamphlet Another Last Word and beyond. He taught English at Maharishi School, where his students were renowned for winning poetry competitions. He has led courses and workshops for many organisations including the Arvon Foundation, the Poetry Society and the British Council. He wrote Jumpstart Poetry in the Secondary School during his time as Poetry Society poet-in-residence .
