David read The Time I Was Mugged in New York City by Imogen Wade

This poem won the 2023 National Poetry Competition from the Poetry Society.

All details of this poem and the first, second and third places plus those commended can be found on the Poetry Society’s website poetrysociety.org.uk

Jane read Please Will You Take Your Children Home by Pam Ayers

Lynn read Summer With Monika by Roger McGough

Sue read two translations of Colours by Yevgemy Yevtushenko

Nancy read The  Walking Father Blues by Miriam Nash (a pantoum—much discussion!)

Outside by Karen McCarthy Woolf

Catherine read part of the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer (in Middle English!)

Felicity read Lie In The Dark And Listen by Noel Coward

Margaret read Miracle On St. David’s Day by Gillian Clarke

Carol read Song For Last Year’s Wife by Brian Patten

Jan read Gran’s X1 by John Kitching

Irene read Kunitz Tending Roses by Stanley Plumly