Mal Dewhirst (c) Gary Carr
The Fizz is my Poetry and Spoken word evenings held in the Refectory at Polesworth Abbey. Poets read in front of the fireplace that once warmed the poets of the Polesworth Circle, Michael Drayton, John Donne, Ben Jonson and some say William Shakespeare.
The Fizz gets its name from the abbreviation of the Polesworth Poets Trail, PPST – which when said sounds like the noise a bottle of pop makes when you first open it and the bubbles fizz up to the top.
The Fizz is held bi-monthly in January, March, May, July, September and November.
It takes the form of a guest poet plus open mic. – The open mic also welcomes story tellers and prose readers as well as the occasional singer.
Other features are the distinct posters designed individually for each event and the collectable small book programmes given out at each event.
(c) Gary Carr
Past Guest Poets at Fizz Events have included
Mal with John Siddique (c) Gary Carr
Gill Learner, Mal, Penny Harper, Helen Yendall (c) Gary Carr
The Fizz has formed links with The Coventry – Cork Literature exchange and provides a reading in November for the Cork Poets who are visting as part of the exchange.
Mal Dewhirst, Jennifer Matthews, Afric McGlinchey, Colm Scully and Antony Owen after the Fizz
The New Season 2012.
2012 sees the new poetry season focussing on poets from the Polesworth Poets Trail – This will continue into the future giving the poets a chance to share their poetry beyond their poets trail poem.
The Dates and confirmed poets for 2012 are:
Fizz 24th January – Guest Gary Carr.
Fizz 27th March – Guest Barry Patterson.
Fizz 22nd May – Guest Margaret Torr.
Fizz 24th July – Guest Terri Jolland.
Fizz 25th September – Guest Dea Costelloe and Peter Grey.
Fizz November TBA
