#FolkloreThursday: The #Celtic summer began with the #Beltane (‘bright fire’ or ‘lucky fire’) festival on May 1. `Beltane celebrates the start of summer, the crop and pasturing season. Although scholars are non-commital, many of us believe #Beltane honors the ancient continental #Celtic sun and healer God #Belenus.`
Source: #OBOD, the Order of #Bards, #Ovates and #Druids

No #Bards in a Bar this Month due to family commitments

Bards in a bar will return on 4th Saturday of June

Join us at the @SirenBar, Friar Street on Sat, 25th 1pm #Bards in a Bar is a writing session on a prompt, set on the day. Please bring pen & paper. Sharing the results of your writing is optional but it’s great to hear what your fellow #poets have come up with.
In addition to the writing session there is a strong social element to allow us to get to know our fellow poets better and to exchange ideas and experiences.
tomorrow is 4th Saturday of the month (yes #poets can count)
Which means it is #bards in a Bir SirenRG1 In Frar street #RdgUK #Berkshire
#free #poetry workshop over a friendly beer or tea (not free that the way pubs do business)
starting at 13:00
Next Sat Mar 28th , we meet in @sirencraftbrew.bsky.social RG1 on Friar street @RdgUK at 13:00 for #Bards in a bar
There will be a prompted #writing session and discussion on #poetry.
#amwritingpoetry
You are welcome to join us.

"The Welsh Robert Burns" suggests Cerys Matthews in her 6 Music radio show about the Welsh Poet

Turns out medieval bards lived lives similar to rock bands of the late 20th century!

"A Poem in Praise of the Penis”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_ap_Gwilym

#DafyddApGwilym #Poetry #Bards #BBC6Music

Dafydd ap Gwilym - Wikipedia

#picture and audio from recent #bards in a Bar. Still a #poerty work in progress by the Legend that is Richard Stephneson
Next Bards in a bar is Stat Mar 28 Sirenrg1 in Friar st #RdgUK

#Bards in a Bar this lunchtime sirenrg1 Friar street #inRdg
Chance to develop you #writing skills with fellow #poets
#free to attend

#amwriting

Friendly #poertysocial and #free workshop this Saturday (Feb 28th 13:00) with #bards in a Bar at Siren RG1 in Friar Street #rdguk
now moved to 4th Sat of each month
newcomers welcome

#Bards in a Bar now have a fixed date of 4th Saturday of the Month

So next meeting is Saturday 28th in SirenRG1 on Friar Street #RdgUK #Berkshiire
13:00
We will workshop #poems based around a prompt to be chosen on the day.