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Easter is the first Sunday after.the first full moon after the spring equinox Dreading slam is the fist Sunday of the month normally To avoid a clash Dreading #slam has moved back to Sunday April 12th Still at Rising Sun Art Centre RG1 2ST 19:30 ( doors 19:15😍)

East Reading festival (#ERF ) returns to Palmer Park on Sunday June 21st. The #spokenword stage has been confirmed and Dreading #slam are looking for acts to share it with East #RDGUK #festival is # free family event through the afternoon

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1243388227768029 Dreading #slam #poet @ERICFaimenr read his #poem Hai Karate at on of #RdgUKs #openmic nights, this time BoHo night At the fisherman’s cottage recently

As we march into March any #poet who wants to follow Paul Holroyd to the UK national #slam the next Dreading slam is Tomorrow, Sun 1st of March 19:30 @risingsunartscentre Theme for quickfire is up to 5 lines on Forward

Good luck to Paul Holroyd , who will be competing in the UK National Slam Championship this weekend as Dreading #Slam Champion #poetry

It is monthly #Caption Contest on the Dreading #Poetry #Slam FB group. To enter follow the link, then make a #couplet to go with this picture. The rules are on the FB page. To help chose a winner Like entries you like as many a you like. #humour #artscommunity https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10232294616090054&set=gm.25892171783743443&idorvanity=158362150884426

Dreading #slam host, the Legend That is Richard Stephenson, as guest speaker at #Reading Geek night in Zero degrees earlier this week. Photos by Simon Morris #rdguk

Dreading #Slam tonight Rising Sun #arts centre RG1 2ST 19:30 Sun Feb 1 Doors 19:15 #free to watch or take part Help make #poetry fun Poetry #community of #RDGuk #berkshire

Eric Fairman reads his #poem “the dancing farmer” during a visit to #RG2 #radio Eric is amongst the #poets you will be able to hear tomorrow (Sun 1 Feb ) at Dreading #Slam 19:30 Rising Sun #arts centre RG1 2ST

Occasionally I am asked to find a prompt for #poetry Dreading #slam 's quick-fire uses something related to the month of the qucikfore (On Feb 1 it is pure as February meant to purify in Latin) www.dictioanry.com has a word of the day Bing and other sites have wallpaper picture, which can be use for a vusal prompt A random work forms a random parge in a book (or a random noun plus a random verb etc) And typing “random #poetry prompt” into any search engine will get a few options

this weekend in #rdguk #Berkshire Dreading #slam on Sun Feb 1 is the first chance to qualify for next grand slam. #free to watch or take part, bring 3 #poems up to 3 mins long (19:30 Rising Sun #arts RG1 2ST) And practice your #poem at Bards in the bar day before 13:00 @sirencraftbrew.bsky.social

#poetry and #spokenword related events in #Rdguk and #Caversham this month Starting with Dreading #slam Rising Sun #arts Centre See the https://www.fourbearsbooks.co.uk for much more detail on the #bookshop 's festival in Feb 2026