Saturday, July 23, 2011

Poetry Society EGM Reflections


Following yesterday's historic and fraught meeting of the Poetry Society's Board of Trustees and some of its members, many fine people have felt compelled to write on the topic. I shall attempt here, to compile all the relevant responses so that the various opinions can be easily sourced.


  1. Jane Holland - A New Dawn for the Poetry Society
  2. George Szirtes - The Poetry Society: What Have We Learned
  3. Christine Michael - Dysfunction, disharmony, dissarray
  4. Jon Stone - But Can't We All Just Get Along
  5. Richard Fair - The Poetry Society EGM
  6. Kate Fox - Why being bored on a Board is a Good Thing
  7. Stephen Bates - Guardian Article
  8. Charlie Ashley-Roberts - #posocegm (poem)
  9. Polly Clark - Poetry Society EGM
  10. Michelene Wandor - Prêt à poetry in the Surgeons’ Hall 
  11. Katy Evans-Bush - #PoSocEGM: The Post-Mortem
  12. Fiona Moore - Counting: Poets, Butterflies
  13. Rob Sharp - Article for The Independent (with open 'Comments' section)
  14. Niki May Young - Article for Civil Society Finance


Please do let me know if I've missed any out or if new ones pop up that you want added into the list.

Phil Brown
Poetry Editor
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