Medway Poetry Night

Medway Poetry Night This is a stage for poets in the Medway who want or need a space to read, perform or scream.

Delighted to announce our feature poet for March is the wonderful David D***s.Join us this weekend on March 15, 2025 at ...
10/03/2025

Delighted to announce our feature poet for March is the wonderful David D***s.

Join us this weekend on March 15, 2025 at 2pm.
Venue - Nucleus Arts Centre - 272 High Street, Chatham, Kent (ME4 4BP)

Tickets here - https://medwaypoetrynight.com/

David D***s is a poet, and host and co-organiser of the Medway poetry night Big Trouble.

David produces chapbooks and poemzines including Haunt Me! Haunt Me! Do It Again! about Gillingham-based cult leader James Jershom Jezreel and has been featured in Confluence and The Menteur among others.

In 2025 David is working on a project to release a poemzine every month, his most recent being some sonnets.
He has performed across London and Kent including winning the You’re Bard slam in Canterbury and featuring at Unheard Poetry in London. He is working towards a full length collection of his sonnets.

Join us on Saturday March 15 for the next edition of Medway Poetry Night (but at 2pm).Venue - Nucleus Arts Centre - 272 ...
01/03/2025

Join us on Saturday March 15 for the next edition of Medway Poetry Night (but at 2pm).

Venue - Nucleus Arts Centre - 272 High Street, Chatham, Kent (ME4 4BP)

Look out for our announcement of the headline poet!

Tickets here - medwaypoetrynight.com

Join us this Saturday at 2pm for the first event of the year. Bring a poem, a friend, your love for poetry or just your ...
18/02/2025

Join us this Saturday at 2pm for the first event of the year.

Bring a poem, a friend, your love for poetry or just your curiosity.

We would love to have you.

Date - February 22, 2025
Time - 2pm
Venue - Nucleus arts centre - 272 High Street, Chatham, Kent (ME4 4BP)

Get your tickets here - medwaypoetrynight.com

Supporting poets in the Medway

We are gearing up for our first show of the year on February 22, look out for the announcement and we have moved venues....
16/02/2025

We are gearing up for our first show of the year on February 22, look out for the announcement and we have moved venues. Look forward to seeing you all soon.

Join Medway Poetry Night this weekend in Chatham for an evening of performances with a feature poet and Open Mic.Date - ...
21/10/2024

Join Medway Poetry Night this weekend in Chatham for an evening of performances with a feature poet and Open Mic.

Date - October 26, 2024
Time - 6pm
Venue - Turaka, Chatham (218 High Street, Chatham ME4 4AN)

Get your tickets here - medwaypoetrynight.com or through link in bio.

Join Medway Poetry Night this weekend in Chatham for an evening of performances with a feature poet and Open Mic.Date - ...
21/10/2024

Join Medway Poetry Night this weekend in Chatham for an evening of performances with a feature poet and Open Mic.

Date - October 26, 2024
Time - 6pm
Venue - Turaka, Chatham (218 High Street, Chatham ME4 4AN)

Get your tickets here - medwaypoetrynight.com

Happy to announce Medway Poetry Night for October. Join us on Saturday, October 26, 2024.Venue - Turaka, 218 High Street...
11/10/2024

Happy to announce Medway Poetry Night for October. Join us on Saturday, October 26, 2024.

Venue - Turaka, 218 High Street, Chatham (ME4 4AN)
Time - 6pm
Get your tickets here - medwaypoetrynight.com

Our feature poet for the month of October is Timothy Green.

Timothy has been writing professionally for around three years and has published nine books to date. He loves hand written poems and If he could write clearly, all his books would be penned and not printed.

Pioneering Christian contemporary poetry through abstract works to give others the opportunity to make their own mind up as to what they are receiving. Timothy’s free verse poems without any set structure are offerings to his Father.

Supporting poets in the Medway

Happy to announce Medway Poetry Night for October. Join us on Saturday, October 26, 2024.Venue - Turaka, 218 High Street...
11/10/2024

Happy to announce Medway Poetry Night for October. Join us on Saturday, October 26, 2024.

Venue - Turaka, 218 High Street, Chatham (ME4 4AN)
Time - 6pm
Get your tickets here - medwaypoetrynight.com

Our feature poet for the month of October is Timothy Green.

Timothy has been writing professionally for around three years and has published nine books to date. He loves hand written poems and If he could write clearly, all his books would be penned and not printed.

Pioneering Christian contemporary poetry through abstract works to give others the opportunity to make their own mind up as to what they are receiving. Timothy's free verse poems without any set structure are offerings to his Father.

This weekend in Chatham! Come with a friend, a poem, your love for poetry or all of them.A night of poetry, community an...
16/09/2024

This weekend in Chatham! Come with a friend, a poem, your love for poetry or all of them.

A night of poetry, community and performances.

Venue - Turaka, 218 High Street, Chatham (ME4 4AN)
Time - 6pm
Date - Saturday, September 21, 2024

Tickets here - medwaypoetrynight.com

Got your poems ready for next week Saturday?The Medway Poetry Night Open Mic is sometimes sad, sometimes funny, but alwa...
19/08/2024

Got your poems ready for next week Saturday?

The Medway Poetry Night Open Mic is sometimes sad, sometimes funny, but always good. We look forward to welcoming you and your poems on August 31, 2024.

Venue - Turaka Chatham (218 High Street, Chatham, ME4 4AN)
Time - 6pm
Date - Saturday, August 31, 2024

Tickets here - medwaypoetrynight.com or click link in bio.

Got your poems ready for next week Saturday?The Medway Poetry Night Open Mic is sometimes sad, sometimes funny, but alwa...
19/08/2024

Got your poems ready for next week Saturday?

The Medway Poetry Night Open Mic is sometimes sad, sometimes funny, but always good. We look forward to welcoming you and your poems on August 31, 2024.

Venue - Turaka Chatham (218 High Street, Chatham, ME4 4AN)
Time - 6pm
Date - Saturday, August 31, 2024

Tickets here - medwaypoetrynight.com

Medway Poetry Night is back in August. 🥳Venue - Turaka Chatham (218 High Street, Chatham, ME4 4AN)Time - 6pmDate - Satur...
10/08/2024

Medway Poetry Night is back in August. 🥳

Venue - Turaka Chatham (218 High Street, Chatham, ME4 4AN)
Time - 6pm
Date - Saturday, August 31, 2024

Read about our feature poet below:

Charlotte Ansell’s third poetry collection Deluge (Flipped Eye) was a 2019 Poetry Book Society winter recommendation and her fourth Amittere is forthcoming in Spring 2025. Her poems have appeared in Poetry Review, Mslexia, Ink, Sweat and Tears, Butcher’s Dog, Iamb and various anthologies. Charlotte was a recipient of a Royal Society of Literature - Literature Matters Award in 2020.

Tickets here - https://medwaypoetrynight.com/

Supporting poets in the Medway

This weekend in Chatham we are inviting poets and poetry lovers.Date - Saturday July 27, 2024Time - 6pmVenue - Turaka Ch...
23/07/2024

This weekend in Chatham we are inviting poets and poetry lovers.

Date - Saturday July 27, 2024
Time - 6pm
Venue - Turaka Chatham (218 High Street, Chatham ME4 4AN)

Tickets here - medwaypoetrynight.com

Bring yourself, a friend and even a poem to the Medway Poetry Night Open Mic on July 27, 2024!We love to provide a safe ...
16/07/2024

Bring yourself, a friend and even a poem to the Medway Poetry Night Open Mic on July 27, 2024!

We love to provide a safe space for you to perform and enjoy poetry.

Venue - Turaka Chatham (218 High St, Chatham ME4 4AN)
Time - 6pm
Tickets here - medwaypoetrynight.com

See you there!

Supporting poets in the Medway

Bring yourself, a friend and even a poem to the Medway Poetry Night Open Mic on July 27, 2024!We love to provide a safe ...
16/07/2024

Bring yourself, a friend and even a poem to the Medway Poetry Night Open Mic on July 27, 2024!

We love to provide a safe space for you to perform and enjoy poetry.

Venue - Turaka Chatham (218 High St, Chatham ME4 4AN)
Time - 6pm
Tickets here - medwaypoetrynight.com

See you there!

We are happy to announce that after a few Instagram Lives and a change of venue, we are back for in-person performances ...
08/07/2024

We are happy to announce that after a few Instagram Lives and a change of venue, we are back for in-person performances this July.

Join us on July 27, 2024 at Turaka Chatham (218 High St, Chatham ME4 4AN)

We will be having performance poet - Chika Jones as the feature poet for the night and all poets who would like to perform at the Open Mic are welcome!

Purchase tickets and get other details here - medwaypoetrynight.com (link in bio)

Supporting poets in the Medway

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Join us on Saturday September 21, for another night of poetry at Medway Poetry Night. Venue - Turaka, Chatham (218 High Street, Chatham ME4 4AN Time - 6pm Come with any 3 things or all of them. Your love for poems, your poems, a friend. Tickets here - medwaypoetrynight.com

We had so much fun in July! Special shoutout to the open mic poets - Richard, Michi, Zack, Hafsa, Timothy, Charlotte and Tyrone. We look forward to August. Kindly look out for the announcement! #medwayart #medwaypoetry

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After a short (or long depending on who you ask) hiatus. We are back. We now have a website, where you can get necessary information and also see our book for the month (more about this in our next post). For now - familiarize yourself with medwaypoetrynight.com and tell a friend to tell a friend. #medway #wearemedway #kentonline

Special message from our feature artist this Saturday. We look forward to welcoming you all and your wonderful poems! 6pm Saturday September 16, 2023

The second edition of the Medway Poetry Night was amazing. Thank you so much to the open micers, to @turaka__ and to our feature poet @barry_fentiman_hall Watch out for our book of the month in September and if you would like your poetry collection featured, send us an email - [email protected] We look forward to seeing everyone at the September show, tickets are now selling! (Link in bio) #MPNBookOfTheMonth

This performance by Sunni Patterson on Def Poetry Jam remains a classic. Great way to start the week. Got your poems ready for Medway Poetry night on the 27th of August? Tickets in bio.

The first edition of the Medway Poetry Night was a great experience! Shoutout to our open micers and feature poet! We will announce details for August soon, so stay with us!

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