Adrian Green's Poetry Page

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	·Adrian Green ·Chorus and Coda – published Dec 2007 ·Poems ·Selected Poems from "The Watchers" ·Some Jazz Poems ·Anthologies with poems included ·Poetry Links ·Southend Poetry Group ·Southend Links ·ESSEX POETRY FESTIVAL ·Resources – printers and reference services ·Contact Information :- Mail to Adrian Green		Now available from The Littoral Press ISBN 978-0955092671
Copyright Note: All poems on this site have been previously published elsewhere.

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Adrian Green

Adrian Green lives England, overlooking the sea at Southend, Essex. He is a former editor of SOL magazine, reviews editor of Littoral, and has published 2 pamphlet collections - Beachgame (1977) and The Watchers (1987) - as well as poems and reviews in a number of magazines and anthologies. His new collection, Chorus and Coda (ISBN 978-0955092671), is available from the Littoral Press. He is a former chairman of Open University Poets (1995-97) and is current secretary of the Southend Poetry Group, with which he has been associated since the mid-1970s. He has degrees in psychology and general arts as well as a post-graduate diploma in humanities.

His poems have been published in Acumen, Chimera, Envoi, Essex Countryside, Global Tapestry, In Praise of Essex, Iron, New Essex Writing, Openings, Poet’s England – Essex, Poetry in Practice, Psychopoetica, Selected Poems of the UK (Spiny Babbler, Nepal), Sol, Southend Poetry, The Interpreter’s House, The Unsaid Goodnight (Stride), Waves and several other magazines and collections. .Listen to some poems from Chorus and Coda on Myspace – http://www.myspace.com/chorusandcoda

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Southend Poetry Group

The Southend Poetry Group meets at 8.00pm on the first Wednesday of each month upstairs in the Railway Hotel, Clifftown Road. Meetings usually take the form of a presentation and discussion of a poet or topic, followed, if time allows, by a brief workshop session when members can read their own work. Activities include joint meetings with other Poetry or Writers' Groups, occasional public readings, and publication of the annual "Southend Poetry" anthologies. There is no formal membership - anyone is welcome to the meetings - and the first time is free! Some of us write poetry ourselves, some have published or broadcast, some have performed at readings in various parts of the country, and some come along simply to read and appreciate the poetry under discussion. Whatever your interest or talent, we'll be glad to see you with us.

Publications

The Southend Poetry anthologies have been published in pamphlet form each year since 1985 - over 900 poems by more than 80 different writers, each active in South East Essex at the time of publication.

Check out the web page here: http://www.southendpoetry.co.uk/

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Poetry Links

Acumen Poetry Magazine - An established and erudite magazine of contemporary poetry and criticism.

Derek Adams – Essex poet, photographer, web designer and poetry promoter

Ascent Aspirations Magazine - Canadian e-magazine and publishing site, combination of an on-line literary journal published quarterly and a print magazine/anthology with links to many other writers and resource pages.

Author.co.uk - A writing resource and information site. There are links to authors and their work, writers circles, and other contacts. Also a range of services for writers and advice for everyone concerned with writing and publishing.

Chimera Magazine - A magazine from Essex based poet Robert Cole

Essex 100 – Essex history through verse. The Essex Hundred contains 100 poems that relate to specific events, places or people to have left their mark on the county of Essex.

Famous Poets and Poems - An essential poetry resource – poets you would expect to be famous and some you may not have heard of (but should find out about!)

Hearing Eye/Torriano Poets - Publications and readings in North London. And here's what they did in Soho: Torriano - the text on Peter Howard's Page

Littoral Press – Publisher of poetry and other books of Essex history and environment interest to local interest

Littoral - A Multi-Faith & Environmental Literary Magazine, with a special interest in poetry. Edited by Mervyn Linford; I was the reviews editor!

Mervyn Linford - One of the Southend Poets - see links below

Nicole Yarling – US Jazz singer and violinist with an interesting selection of poetry (see Play'n the Word)

Paul Taylor – London based poet and jazz musician – see his site www.trombonepoetry.com

Gerald England's New Hope International - Writer's resources, reviews and other sites maintained by Gerald England.

Open University Poets

These are links to pages maintained by some other OU poets:

J A Bosworth	"New Traditionist Poetry" - Last updated in 1997, but it's still there!
Al Campbell	"Flight of Augury" - poems with a link to "Sticks and Stones" - amazing photographs
Keith Thompson	Poetry, Astrology and other links

The Poetry Kit

Poetry Resource site - Events, Listings, Magazines

Sol Publications

Publishers of Sol Magazine, Maelstrom and assorted poetry booklets.

Stuart Bowditch – Poet, sound artist, DJ and performer.

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Southend Links

Dan Green's Image Works	Photographs by Dan Green (yes, he's my son!)
Dan and Matt's Music Page	Dan Green (the same) and Matt Menlove's music page – Dan and Matt's MusicWorks – Acoustic guitar duo, tuition, gigs etc.
Digby Fairweather	Southend's premier jazz cornet virtuoso
Mervyn Linford	Poet - one of Southend's finest and editor of Littoral Magazine
Sandra Lester	Poet and author of The Ripper Unmasked, a memoir of her relationship with the Yorkshire Ripper
sarfend.co.uk	Information on Southend, including links to Southend sites etc. Also contains a discussion forum. Highly recommended!
Southend Arts Council	Formed in 1978 after a lobbying campaign by the Southend Action Group for the Arts (SAGA) to speak for the arts in Southend
Southend Jazz Club	Live bands playing traditional jazz and blues from the early twentieth century.
Southend Poetry Group	Poets and readers from the Southend area
Sundown	Poetry, art, music and performance events – a sort of 21^st century equivalent of Expression, PMG and the Bang Magazine Collective in the 1970s and 80s

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Resources

4 Self Publishing

A division of 4edge Ltd - printers specialising in providing print-on-demand and perfect-bound book production. A site with lots of useful information on the publishing process.

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Contact Information

e-mail to:- admin@greenad.co.uk

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All material on this site copyright © Adrian Green, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Last revised: 29 May 2008