Dorian Nightingale kicks off 2026 on the 13th - be there to soak up the best poetry, the best spoken word open mic, the best community and the best atmosphere. It's all going on here folks! see you there. #poetry #openmic #spokenword #community

May 2026 bring peace, prosperity and... poetry! #poetry #openmic #peace #prosperity

Wishing the world a whole heap of healing this yuletide. Happy Christmas folks. #christmas #poetry #community #peaceandlove❤️ #spokenword

We had THE most wonderful evening with Kathy and Tom talking about all things Poetry Cafe! Have a listen on @seahavenfm Community People broadcast for some groovy chosen tracks and some even groovier poetry readings! player.autopod.xyz/1126965 #radioshow #poetry #community #spokenword

Listen in tonight or on catch up. Hear our winning @nationalpoetryday poems and a little about what inspired them on @seahavenfm www.seahavenfm.radio/community-pe... #poetry #community #localradio #nationalpoetryday

Thanks to @JudeWinters who completed '25's openmics and helped raise £50 for the @Eastbournefoodbank. If you couldn't make it but would like to contribute please go to eastbourne.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/do... Times are tough all round. Jan 13 Dorian Nightingale starts '26! #poetry #openmic

Join us on the 9th when @juleswinters30 is our Guest Poet. Bring a poem or two, make it festive if you feel inclined! Come along and hear the poetic musings of our fabulous community! #poetry #creativity #openmic #spokenword #community

Join us on the 9th December for open mic festivities and @juleswinters30 as guest poet. It's going to be great! #poetry #community #creativity #words #spokenword

Hope to see some of the Poetry Cafe community at this event in Alfriston. Ticket £6 at the door with a complimentary wine! #poetry #community #creativity #words

Tickets available at the Welcome Centre, adjacent to the Congress theatre. Hope some of you can make it. #dance #community #Eastbourne #entertainment

November is nearly upon us and our guest poet @feamussox will be strutting his wordy stuff at our open mic session on the 11th - don't miss it because it's going to be fabulous!! #poetry #openmic #spokenword #community #words

Roll up! Roll up! Have we got a treat for you! @feamussox will be Guest Poet on the 11th November. Join us @the_frontierbar for a spell of word wizardry. You are going to LOVE it!! #poetry #words #community #eastbournelocal

Read our blog about the amazing @amybakerwrites as October guest poet. If you haven't already, then buy 'Love Machine' for all the women in your life and all the men who give a @#!*- it's philosophy, but with cracking lines and life lessons! #poetry #community #women #love #creativity

𝖬𝖺𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗅𝖺 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗈𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖨𝗌𝗋𝖺𝖾𝗅 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖺. 𝖧𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝗂𝗆. 𝖧𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝖿𝖾, 𝖭𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗄𝖾𝗇𝗂 𝖱𝖺𝖻𝗂𝖺 𝖬𝖺𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗅𝖺, 𝖿𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝗎𝗌𝖻𝖺𝗇𝖽'𝗌 𝗌𝖺𝖿𝖾𝗍𝗒, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗐𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌: “𝖶𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗄𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖽𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗒, 𝗈𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾 𝗈𝗄𝖺𝗒?”

In my view, the main reason we’re living in an age of ‘over diagnosis’ of mental health issues, is because we have an ‘under investment’ in community development and well-being.

Just a week to go until the magnificent @amybakerwrites joins us in Eastbourne as Guest Poet. It's a free event so come and soak up the words, the atmosphere and sheer brilliance of a spoken word gathering- it's hard to beat! #poetry #spokenword #creativity #community #eastbournelocal

Congratulations to the VERY worthy winners of our 2025 @nationalpoetryday competition. Reading at our celebration evening on Friday - Amazing poetry enjoyed by all. Creativity is alive and kicking in Eastbourne! All poems on our website. #poetry #eastbourne #creativity #winners #nationalpoetryday

Last call for our free @nationalpoetryday event at the Fisherman's Club on Eastbourne's Seafront. Join us to Congratulate our competition winners, listen to @chriskeatsmusic , listen to some magic wordery, enjoy great company. Hope to see you there! #poetry #words #celebrate #community #creativity

The wonderful @amybakerwrites is this month's Guest Poet. Grab a drink from the bar and a slot on the open mic and buckle up for a brilliant night of wordiness, thoughtfulness and gloriousness - we have all the nesses! #poetry #spokenword #creativity #community #entertainment

It's nearly here folks! Make sure you have cleared the diary. The parking is easy, the bar is great and the music and poetry promises to be amazing!! Join us - for free - on the 3rd for @nationalpoetryday celebration. #poetry #music #community #creativity #words #celebration #eastbournelocal

We are collaborating with the festival organisers this year - The wonderful @timbarlowwrites will be heading a cast of poets who are ready and willing to share the joy that is poetry. Open mic slots available. 12 - 3 The Birley Centre Eastbourne - £5 entry #poetry #festival #words #creativity

The (practically) world famous @amybakerwrites is our Guest Poet for October. Come along to hear her fabulous poetry, possibly grab a slot on the open mic, sip a drink from the bar. Sounds like a perfect evening! See you there! #poetry #spokenword #openmic #words #creativty #community

October is nearly upon us (already! I know!!) join us on the 3rd for a @nationalpoetryday celebration event at the fisherman's club on Eastbourne's seafront. It's FREE! It's going to be fabulous and you're going to love it! #poetry #community #eastbournelocal #creativity #words

Read about @simonmaddrell as our guest poet on our blog. Beautiful poetry, beautiful delivery, beautiful man. Book him now!! #poetry #creativity #spokenword #words #community #eastbourne

3rd Oct at the Fisherman's Club on Eastbourne's seafront. We have the winning entries of our @nationalpoetryday competition, @chriskeatsmusic and we have our own local poetic talent. Join us for a great evening of music, words and great company! #poetry #eastbourne #spokenword #music #community

Join us on Tuesday for a fabulous evening of marvellous spoken word poetry, terrific company and the best evening you will spend on Earth - no hyperbole intended! #poetry #spokenword #creativty #culture #words #community #eastbourne_insta

Join us on the 9th Sept for a fabulous evening of spoken word with @simonmaddrell as our Guest Poet. Grab a drink and bag a spot on the open mic slot if you want to share your work. It's a great evening!! #poetry #openmic #spokenword #words #creativity

A week to go for submissions to our @PoetryDayUK competition. Send us your thoughts on #PLAY in 30 lines or fewer. Use it as a prompt, use it as practise, use it as a way to flex those magnificent poetic muscles, but send us your work this week. #poetry #competition #creativity

Check out the poems read by our poets in response to the Sussex Modernism exhibition @townergallery They're all on our blog pages over on our website. #poetry #Modernism #Sussex #art #creativity #community

Submissions open until 31st August. Get your 'play-full' musings to our FREE @nationalpoetryday competition. #poetry #competition #words #creatvity #play

Read Keith Willson's poetry written in response to the Sussex Modernism exhibition @townergallery on our blog pages poetrycafeeastbourne.wixsite.com/home/post/ke... Take a trip to the Towner and be inspired! #art #Modernism #poetry #creativity #words #galleryart #eastbourne

Just a small selection of some of our open mic-ers in July, sharing their poetic prowess. find out who did what and how on our blog, then join us in Sept or even better: submit a poem for our @PoetryDayUK competition on the theme of 'PLAY'. August 31st deadline! #poetry #competition

August is upon us and until the 31st, enter our FREE competition! Scribble or type 30 lines or fewer on the prompt of 'PLAY' and email it to us here at The Poetry Cafe. Let loose your creative vibe! #poetry #competition #eastbournelocal #community #creativity #words #nationalpoetryday #play

Get those pens scribbling or those keys tapping - compose a 30 line marvel on 'Play' and submit to our competition. (It's free!) You know you want to! #play #poetry #competition #community #creativity #words

Join us for an evening of open mic spoken word with Guest poet @pratibhacastle Grab a drink from the bar and soak up the marvellousness! #poetry #creativity #community #spokenword #words

See us at Friday Lates at the @townergallery Hear 6 poets reading works inspired by the Sussex Modernism exhibition and a chance to write a line or two too! It's going to be great! Join us for a what promises to be a great summer evening. #poetry #modernism #community #creativity #art

What could be better than to play around with words and create something fabulous to submit to our competition!? Playing it cool? Playing dumb? Playing to the gallery? We're open for entries now! #poetry #competition #creative #words

Poetry Cafe will be on stage - right by the Eastbourne town hall - from 11am. We'll be bringing a little poetry to the Little Chelsea Event this coming Saturday. Come and say hello, chat to our poets and have a fabulous day out in our town. It's all going on! #poetry #community #eastbourne

We are delighted to be bringing #poetry to the Sussex Modernism exhibition at Eastbourne's Towner Gallery. Pay what you can entry for a cultural blast of sight and sound! Hope to see you there! Visit our website for more summer event details. #community #creativity

Come and join us at the wonderful Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne this Sunday, 15th June. Share your words with others and listen to theirs. It's a free event that showcases your local community groups. Come and see what we're all about! #poetry #community #creativity

Play around with a few words, lines and ideas... then enter our National Poetry Day competition! It's child's play, it's playing the game, it's playing up, it's a level playing field. It's also free! 31st August deadline but why play for time? Enjoy!! #poetry #creativity #competition

Want to know what we're about? Come and chat to us in person at the Little Chelsea event on the 21st. Hear a little public poetry and get scribbling those lines for our National Poetry day competition. It's all going on! #poetry #creativity #words #eastbourne

Come and join us on the 10th for Haiku jinks, a little guitar playing and a host of spoken word poetry! Put your name down for a slot on the open mic and share the wordy love. See you there! #poetry #Eastbourne #Words #creativity #community

Pop over to our blog and read about @robinhoughton.bsky.social appearance as guest poet and her beautiful new poetry collection: 'The Mayday Diaries' Join us at the Frontier Bar, June 10th for an evening of spoken word and fabulous company! #poetry #creativity #community #words #spokenword

Beautiful calligraphy pens. A gift from my beautiful daughter. Words from my poetry have never looked so, well...beautiful! ♥️♥️♥️

Join us on the 13th May at the Frontier Bar in Eastbourne for an evening of poetry from our Guest Poet @robinhoughton.bsky.social and our fabulous array of open mic performers. Grab a drink from the bar and just enjoy the poetry - it's free! We look forward to seeing you there! #poetry #words