Ver Poets

Ver Poets Ver Poets is a St Albans based poetry society with a national and international membership.

A St Albans based poetry society with a local and national and international membership. Ver Poets meet once a month on a Friday evening for a programme of readings, discussions and a variety of other events.There are regular workshops for feedback on writing and three newsletters a year. There are regular competitions for members, a national annual open competition and published anthologies

28/05/2026

Save this date for celebrating poetry with Poetry ID.
David’s Bookshop/Café in Letchworth, 7pm start.

This week's copy of the "St Albans Times" includes an article about the recent launch of our 60th anniversary anthology,...
28/05/2026

This week's copy of the "St Albans Times" includes an article about the recent launch of our 60th anniversary anthology, "A Staircase in Mid-Air", in St Albans Library and on Zoom.
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The article was written by Stephen Claughton and the pictures were taken by Greg Smith. You can read it by clicking on this link, which will take you directly there:https://issuu.com/stalbanstimes/docs/st_albans_times_issue_173_f31d3595f59d95/53.

You can buy copies of the anthology by visiting the Publications page of our website. Search for Ver Poets or click on the link in the comment below.

19/05/2026

Martyn Crucefix & Valerie Jack - Poetry

We had a very enjoyable reading on Saturday afternoon in St Albans Library and on Zoom to launch "A Staircase in Mid-Air...
18/05/2026

We had a very enjoyable reading on Saturday afternoon in St Albans Library and on Zoom to launch "A Staircase in Mid-Air", the anthology we've published to mark 60 years of Ver Poets.
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Twenty-one members read poems in the Library and a further four on Zoom. We were particularly pleased that four of the ten Open Competition judges who contributed poems were able to read with us—Julia Webb, Rory Waterman and Adrian Buckner on Zoom, and Merryn Williams, who is also a member, in the Library.
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Our President, John Mole, opened the reading with his witty, list poem, "Texts". He's pictured here, cutting the anniversary cake.
​The event was well attended and ran smoothly, despite the technical challenges.
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You can buy copies of the anthology from the Publications page on our website (link in the comment below).

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