About Moor Poets
Moor Poets is a community of poets based in and around the Dartmoor area. We aim to help poets of all levels of experience with the development of their work and to share our enthusiasm for poetry as widely as possible.
We run a varied programme of workshops each year, led by guest poets and Moor Poets members. Recent topics have included eco-poetry, songwriting, poetic form and presentation skills. Among our past and forthcoming workshop leaders are Roselle Angwin, Fiona Benson, Andy Brown, Graham Burchell, Caroline Carver, Kevin Crossley-Holland, Katrina Naomi, Jennie Osborne, Julie-ann Rowell, Ian Royce Chamberlain, Penelope Shuttle, Susan Taylor and Simon Williams.
As well as running workshops, from time to time we organise readings by members and publish anthologies of members’ work. We currently have four anthologies available, the most recent of which was published in 2018. See our Books page for details.
On this website you can find details of Moor Poets’ own events and publications. You can also find information about other poetry events, as well as books and poems by our members. You can find us on Facebook too.
Many congratulations to Ann Pelletier-Topping (known to Moor Poets simply as Ann Topping) on winning the second prize in The National Poetry competition with her poem 'Granddaughter Moves in'. This is a very fine achievement. Below is the Poetry Society link which gives more details and you can listen to Ann reading her poem and talking about it. Ann also has two poems published in our Moor poets Anthology 4. Click for 'Granddaughter Moves In'.
Upcoming events
More details on the Moor Poets Events page.
Markmakers and Moor Poets -- A creative collaboration of artists and writers
Suspended for 2020.
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The Moor Poets Committee
Moor Poets was founded by Pat Fleming, a poet who lives on Dartmoor, in April 2003, with the aim of encouraging creative writing for people of all abilities. For a number of years Pat acted as Treasurer of the group, with Graham Burchell as Chair and Ian Royce Chamberlain as Secretary. Thanks to the hard work of this committee, and committee members before them who have contributed over the years, Moor Poets has established itself as a valuable resource for South Devon poets.
The committee from January 2020:
Helen Boyles (Joint Chair)
I've written poetry for much of my life and had poems published in reputable
national poetry magazines and journals as well as a small collection, Catching Light, published in
2016 by Indigo Dreams. My writing is inspired by nature and by human experience, creativity and history. I have tutored in literature and other humanities subjects at Secondary, Further and Higher education level, am an Associate Lecturer and Research Associate with the Open University and have just had a full length study published by Routledge: Romanticism and Methodism: the problem of religious enthusiasm. As joint Chairperson I'm thoroughly enjoying planning and participating in Moor Poets workshops, readings and other poetry-related events.
Moor Poets was founded by Pat Fleming, a poet who lives on Dartmoor, in April 2003, with the aim of encouraging creative writing for people of all abilities. For a number of years Pat acted as Treasurer of the group, with Graham Burchell as Chair and Ian Royce Chamberlain as Secretary. Thanks to the hard work of this committee, and committee members before them who have contributed over the years, Moor Poets has established itself as a valuable resource for South Devon poets.
The committee from January 2020:
Helen Boyles (Joint Chair)
I've written poetry for much of my life and had poems published in reputable
national poetry magazines and journals as well as a small collection, Catching Light, published in
2016 by Indigo Dreams. My writing is inspired by nature and by human experience, creativity and history. I have tutored in literature and other humanities subjects at Secondary, Further and Higher education level, am an Associate Lecturer and Research Associate with the Open University and have just had a full length study published by Routledge: Romanticism and Methodism: the problem of religious enthusiasm. As joint Chairperson I'm thoroughly enjoying planning and participating in Moor Poets workshops, readings and other poetry-related events.
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Simon Millward (Joint Chair)
Simon has moved to Devon, after a career spent mostly in healthcare management but also including some literature promotion in the East Midands and Norwich, to spend more time on writing poetry, pursuing his love of the natural world and his interest in music and art. He runs a group teaching meditation in South Molton near where he lives. He has recently published An Invitation, a book of poems and photographs based around the glen of Balquhidder, which is the result of a long collaboration with a photographer friend in Scotland. Tom Woodman (Treasurer) details to follow Secretary - Vacant Our latest anthology, which is out now. 
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