The Beat Poets was our first meeting back at the newly refurbished Helyar Arms in East Coker
Amelia Bennett and Caroline Mornement lead this meeting with a splendid mix of poetry, music and visual images. The ‘Apple Loft’ at the Helyar Arms had recently been renovated and it was warm and welcoming – a very good evening.
Jazz or Beat poetry is a literary genre defined as poetry necessarily informed by jazz music – that is, poetry in which the poet responds to and writes about jazz. Jazz poetry, like music itself, encompasses a variety of forms, rhythms, and sounds. Foot tapping stuff………