'Buzzwords' Live Poetry in Cheltenham this Sunday

If you live out west, there's a regular live poetry event happening in Cheltenham on the first Sunday of every month, featuring a writing workshop, guest poet and - best of all, for those of us who like to exercise our egos and improve our performance skills at the same time - an open mic session. The event is called Buzzwords at The Beehive and looks to be an engaging and dynamic presence on the UK live poetry scene.

I bumped into Peter Wyton at a Hammer & Tongue event in Oxford the other night, an established poet-performer from that neck of the woods, who has entertained the crowd at Buzzwords and recommends it. The next meeting is on Sunday March 5th, with guest poet Tony Petch, the live poetry part of the event kicking off at 8pm with an extremely reasonable entrance fee of £3.

Here are those details again:
Cheltenham’s Poetry Cafe
First Sunday of Every Month
Upstairs at: The Beehive,
Montpellier Villas, Cheltenham

CURRENT PROGRAMME:
Guest poets: 5th March - Tony Petch
2nd April - Paul Lyalls
7th May - Jane Kinninmont
4th June - Ann Drysdale
2nd July - A F Harrold

7pm - Writing time: exercises, themes and tips to get you going.
8pm – Guest poet reading and open mic
Come at 7pm if you want to write, 8pm if you don’t. There will be open mic spots available; first come, first served.
Entrance: £3. Enquiries: 07855 308122. E-mail: cheltpoetry@yahoo.co.uk