About Ver Poets
Ver Poets is a group of poets who meet regularly in St Albans, United Kingdom, to discuss poetry and to share their poems.
Ver Poets was founded in 1966 by May Badman. ‘Ver’ refers to the river flowing through St Albans, where the group meets. The group has a local, national and international membership.
May Badman organised the meetings, competitions and published many anthologies until 2004. During that time, membership grew steadily to include poets from over the whole country and abroad. May maintained her links with the society as Patron, and continued to publish anthologies of her poetry until her death in 2011. Current President, John Mole, is a well-known poet. John is currently Poet in Residence for the City of London, critic and jazz clarinettist. Carole Satyamurti lives in London and lectures at the Tavistock Clinic. A widely published poet, she is Vice-President.
Founder
President
Vice President
Carole Satyamurti brief biog, and poem, ‘Our Story’
Chesil Beach by Carole Satyamurti
Committee
Chair
Rev Dr Martin Eggleton
Secretary
Daphne Schiller
Programme Co-ordinator
Anna Avebury
Competitions Secretary
Gillian Knibbs
Treasurer
Gillian Knibbs
Committee Members
Juliet Troy
John Hussey
Terry Jones
Website
Louise Lotz
I just wanted to say how much Allen Ashley and I enjoyed last night’s talk/reading around the subject of Coleridge and Wordsworth. It was clear that Terry Jones had put a great deal of thought and research into provided us with a fascinating insight into the lives, the friendship and the poetry of two very different poets, and we went away feeling both inspired and uplifted. Ver Poets provides a lovely, friendly atmosphere, which we really appreciated. Thank you.