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South Downs
Poetry
SOUTH DOWNS POETRY
Exploring, celebrating, developing the written and spoken word.
Events
South Downs Poetry kicks off 2024 with our annual celebration of Keats and the Romantics. Then it’s onto the Novium for Roman Poetry and Music on Friday 31st May, the Festival of Chichester for the Poetry & Jazz Cafe on Tuesday 25 June and the Novium for Poetry and Music with actor/playwright Steven Berkoff on Tuesday 9th July.
Competition
The theme for this year’s poetry competition is the changing seasons.
We are inviting poets to continue a conversation engaged in by Shelley and his contemporaries more than 200 years ago applying a 21st century interpretation – actual or metaphorical – to the impact of the seasons’ cyclical rhythm.
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2024 is the Year of Poetry Partnerships. The South Downs Poetry Festival is committed to continue to bring you stimulating new poetry to enjoy. With partnerships including:
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