Meeting Notes 2026

Social evening

This was an enjoyable meeting with appreciative responses to sharing of favourite poems. There were 12 MVPs present – 6 online and 6 in person. There were three rounds of readings with a rest break after the first two rounds. Readings included 'Seaside Golf' by John Betjamin and 'Where's a Pied Piper When You Need One?' by Wendy Cope, work by Owen Sheers and by Yannis Ritsos, 'Wild Geese' by Mary Oliver and 'Gate-4' by Naomi Shihab Nye, as well as poems from 'Otherworlds' – the Mole Valley Poets Silver Jubilee Anthology 2025.

Notes by Helen Overell.

5th January 2026

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