Welcome to The Black Horse Poets of Wakefield

John Irving Clarke, Chairperson

Welcome to the Black Horse Poets website, celebrating the poetry of the Black Horse Poets in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. 

We meet on the last Tuesday of every month at Henry Boons pub in Westgate, Wakefield, at 7 pm. Bring along ten copies of your poem and share it with the group. You'll find plenty of support and some gentle criticism. If that is too daunting, then just come along and listen and find out where everyone else is with their poetry. Meetings run from 7 pm to about 9 pm with an all-important drinks break at the interval.

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Mary Creagh MP is 
Patron of the Poets

Mary Creagh, MP for Wakefield (pictured)  is an enthusiastic supporter of the Black Horse Poets. She presents the Patron's award for the poem of the year.

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The story so far ...

Formed by Michael Yates in 1998, The Black Horse Poets is managed by the following committee: Chairperson John Clarke; Secretary, Roger Manns; Treasurer Peter Bedford; and member Robert Powell.
Honorary Vice Presidents are Michael Yates and former Wakefield MP Walter Harrison.
Email us at
blackhorsepoets@hotmail.com

May/June 2012

Starring
Poems Page 1: Jimmy Andrex, Alan Braddock, Adele Cairns, John Irving Clarke,  Roger Manns
Poems Page 2: Peter Bedford, Stefan Grieve, Carole Jones, Pete Lancaster, Halima Mayat
Poems Page 3:  Bob Mitchell, Laura Potts, Robert Powell, Stuart Smith, Matthew Stoppard
Poems Page 4: Josie Walsh, Michael Yates
Sound and Vision: Jimmy Andrex, John Clarke, Robert Powell,  Michael Yates

This edition of the Black Horse Poets website contains poems from the current Sonnets edition of our magazine From the Horse's Mouth.

The Black Horse Poets meet  at Henry Boons pub in Wakefield. Check it out on our Events page.