Friends of the Dymock Poets

In the years leading up to WW1, literary history was being made by the poets who walked, talked, and wrote in the area around the village of Dymock.

[Friends of the Dymock Poets @dymock_poets]

Looking forward to our spring meeting, taking place in Much Marcle and online.

[English Uni of Glos @EnglishGlos]

Looking forward to this free public lecture about Gloucestershire poet Ivor Gurney on 12th November! Full details in poster below.

[Friends of the Dymock Poets @dymock_poets]

Full details of our event on 28th Sept. are now available on our website: https://t.co/IfTFuRVx72 Talks on #EdwardThomas #DHLawrence #LascellesAbercrombie

[Friends of the Dymock Poets @dymock_poets]

Jeff Cooper will be speaking about #LascellesAbercrombie – a host’s life in Dymock at our event on 28th Sept. in Ledbury and online. The event is open to all. For more info, please email [email protected]

[Friends of the Dymock Poets @dymock_poets]

James Walker will be speaking about The Search for Rananim: How WWI and Industrialisation sent #DHLawrence on a 'Savage Pilgrimage' at our event on 28th Sept. in Ledbury and online. The event is open to all. For more info, please email [email protected]

[Friends of the Dymock Poets @dymock_poets]

Dr Elizabeth Black @greenmodernist will be speaking about #EdwardThomas and the Haunted Countryside at our event on 28th Sept. in Ledbury and online. The event is open to all. For more info, please email [email protected]

[Friends of the Dymock Poets @dymock_poets]

Nick Denton will be speaking about #EdwardThomas' notebooks at our event on 28th Sept. in Ledbury and online. Nick's website focusses on the places behind Thomas' poems: https://t.co/QbnLxR4cUd If you'd like to come to our event, please email [email protected]

[Friends of the Dymock Poets @dymock_poets]

Looking forward to our event at the Burgage Hall in Ledbury on 28th Sept, 1030-1630, with some great talks on Edward Thomas, DH Lawrence, and Lascelles Abercrombie. £15 in person, £7.50 online. Email [email protected] to book.

[Friends of the Dymock Poets @dymock_poets]

Looking forward to hearing Sharon Mather talk about Edward Marsh and Alisa Miller talk about Rupert Brooke tomorrow in Kempley. You can join us in person or online. Visit here for more details: https://t.co/XJIENexzSD

[Friends of the Dymock Poets @dymock_poets]

Looking forward to hearing Matthew Hollis talk about Edward Thomas on Sat. 27th April at the Cheltenham Poetry Festival. Visit their website for bookings and more info: https://t.co/WGC1xTg052

[Friends of the Dymock Poets @dymock_poets]

Review of a biography of Edward Marsh by Sharon Mather, who will be speaking at our event on 23rd March (online & in person). For more info and booking: https://t.co/XJIENexzSD

[The TLS @TheTLS]

'He loved Rupert Brooke and, after the younger man’s death, slept with his necktie under his pillow for the rest of his life.'

Nicholas Murray: Private secretary to Winston Churchill and éminence grise to poets and painters https://t.co/OtLqQ8VzNr

[Friends of the Dymock Poets @dymock_poets]

Looking forward to hearing about Rupert Brooke and Edward Marsh at our spring meeting on Sat. 23 March in Kempley, Dymock. For more information and to book: https://t.co/XJIENexzSD

[Friends of the Dymock Poets @dymock_poets]

Looking forward to hearing about Edward Thomas, Rupert Brooke, and Ivor Gurney at our event at @GlosHeritageHub and online
on Sat. 14th Oct. Contributors include
@MatthewOates76 @vincent_trott and @pgl_fecit
Full details at https://t.co/wtwjg5O3LP

[Celandine @GBClarkson]

Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

Robert Frost, Nothing Gold Can Stay

[Friends of the Dymock Poets @dymock_poets]

@JHS_Reader @GlosHeritageHub @MatthewOates76 @vincent_trott @pgl_fecit @Shropshireview @dymockplum @RowanMidd @gloslibs @GlosPoetSociety Yes!

[Friends of the Dymock Poets @dymock_poets]

Looking forward to our event at @GlosHeritageHub on Sat. 14th Oct! Contributors include @MatthewOates76 @vincent_trott and @pgl_fecit £10 in person £5 online. Email [email protected] to book.

[Friends of the Dymock Poets @dymock_poets]

Save the date! Our next event will take place on Saturday 14th October at @GlosHeritageHub More details coming soon.

[Friends of the Dymock Poets @dymock_poets]

At our event this Saturday we'll have talks on Rupert Brooke by @PeterHart1915, Wilfrid Gibson by Phillipa Parker, Walter de la Mare by @WilliamWootten, and war poetry by @drjanepotter You can join in person or online. Email [email protected] to book.

[Friends of the Dymock Poets @dymock_poets]

We're looking forward to our Spring Meeting this Sat. 15th April, with @PeterHart1915 Philippa Parker, @drjanepotter @williamwootten and Tom Durham. The event will take place in Dymock. Please email [email protected] to book your place.