GPS Books
Gloucestershire Poetry Society Publications
The Gloucestershire Poetry Society has a variety of poetry anthologies and pamphlets available to buy.
The Trawler 2022
All of these poems were selected (trawled) from the Gloucestershire Poetry Society (GPS) group's Facebook pages. The Trawler 2022 is the third and final edition in the trawler series, there was always only going to be three. Here are a further one hundred and eleven poems (posted between June 2021 and May 2022) by fifty different poets. Some of these poems may be rough first drafts, still in need of polishing, but never the less, they are of sufficient value to be included within these pages. Some are by published poets, and some by people who have just begun writing, being published for the first time, but each poem has an element: a style, voice or passion that called to us as we read it.
We hope you’ll enjoy these poems, which were penned and posted with an enthusiasm for the written word. These poets come from all parts of Britain and Ireland, from France, Germany and the Netherlands, and some from as far away as the United States, Australia, India, Togo and the Caribbean.
Adele Ogiér Jones, Agu Chinedu Ejorh, Akondo Nouhe-Dine, Amy Bingham, Ann D Stevenson, Ann-Marie Kurylak, Carol Sheppard, Charlie Markwick, Chloë Jacquet, Clive Oseman, Dane Ince, Darcey Royce, Derek Dohren, Devlin Wilson, Doreen Baidoo, Drea MacMillan, Elvis Gregory-Sayce, Henry Farrell, Ivor Daniel, Jason Conway, Jason N Smith, Jon Collins, Josephine Lay, Julian Roger Horsfield, Karlostheunhappy, Katherine Grace Hyslop, Kelly Owen, Kezzabelle Ambler, Kuma San, Lou Hotchkiss-Knives, Louise Diamant, Louise Longson, Marilyn Timms, Matty Blades, Morgan (I’m not a Poet) Rye, M. Palowski Moore (Silver Lion Poet), Nick Lovell, Nupur Chakrabarty, Peter Lay, Raine Geoghegan, Rebecca Mo, Sally Aspden, Scott Cowley (aka Rusty Goàt the Poet), Simon Townsend, Sue Finch, Sue Hubbard, Tish Ince Poet, Trevor Valentine, Vicky Hampton, Z. D. Dicks.
Published 25th October 2022
Published by Black Eyes Publishing UK
Cover Design by Jason Conway www.thedaydreamacademy.com
The Trawler 2021
All of these poems were selected (trawled) from the Gloucestershire Poetry Society (GPS) group Facebook page. The first GPS anthology, The Trawler 2020, was a great success; enabling promising poets to publish their work for the first time. So, we repeated the process, and here are a further ninety-five poems (posted between June 2020 and May 2021) by sixty different poets. As before, some of the poems are rough diamonds, in need of some polishing but they are of sufficient worth to be included within these pages. Many of the poems are first drafts, but each poem has an element: a style, a voice; or some content or passion that caught us as we read.
We hope you’ll enjoy these poems which were penned and posted with an enthusiasm for the written word. The poets hail from all parts of Britain as well as from France and the Netherlands - some from as far away as Tasmania, Australia, India, Togo and the US.
Adele Ojier Jones, Akon Nouhry, Alby Stockley, Annalisa Jackson, Ann-Marie kurylak, Ann D Stevenson, Becky Who, Ben Poppy, Brian Reid, Carol Sheppard, Catrice Greer, Charlie Markwick, Chloë Jacquet, Chris Barber, Clare Walters, Clive Oseman, Darryl John, Derek Dohren, Devlin Wilson, DrayZera, Drea MacMillan, Franchesa Kirkpatrick, Gabby Wiest, Gemma Crow, Ian Paulin, Isobel May, Ivor Daniel, Jason Conway, John Aubry, Jonathan Robert Muirhead, Josephine Lay, Julian Roger Horsfield, Katherine Grace Hyslop, Kay Hamblin, Kelly Owen, Keren Hermon, Kezzabelle Ambler, Kuma San, Laura Grevel, Lacey Tidwell, Lucia Daramus, Marilyn Timms, Darcy Royce, Matty Blades, Morgan ‘I'm-not-a-poet’ Rye, Nick Lovell, Nupur Chakrabarty, Polly Stratton, Richard Adkins, Robert Lang, Scott Cowley, Simon Townsend, Sue Finch, Sue Winspear, Tish Camp, Tom Cooke, Trevor Valentine, Unknown (c. 17th century), Valerie Hartill, Viva O’Flynn.
Published 22nd October 2021
Published by Black Eyes Publishing UK
Cover Design by Jason Conway www.thedaydreamacademy.com
The Trawler 2020
These poems have been taken (trawled) from the Gloucestershire Poetry Society group Facebook pages. Some of them are rough diamonds, still in need of cutting, polishing or setting, but never the less they’re diamonds and of sufficient value to be included within these pages. Here are 100 poems (posted between January 2019 and May 2020) by 47 poets. Many of these poems are first drafts, some are by erudite poets, and some by people who have just begun writing, but each poem has an element - style, voice, content or passion - that called to us as we read it.
We hope you’ll enjoy these varied poems posted out of enthusiasm for the written word, some from as far away as New Zealand, Australia and the Caribbean by the following poets,
Simon Alderwick, Sally Aspden, Chris Barber, Carolyn Black, Matty Blades, Tish Camp, Jason Conway, Scott Cowley, Gemma Crow, Lucia Daramus, Sheena Dell, Z. D. Dicks, Derek Dohren, Henry Farrell, Vicky Hampton, Adam Horovitz, Jan Illingsworth, Annalisa Jackson, Chloë Jacquet, Darryl John, Adele Ogiér Jones, Kuma San, Ann-Marie Kurylak, Josephine Lay, Peter Lay, Emma Lord, Nick Lovell, Drea MacMillan, Charlie Markwick, Stephen Moore, JLM Morton, Jonathan Robert Muirhead, Viva Andrada O’Flynn, Clive Oseman, Kelly Owen, Abdul-Ahad Patel, Ben Poppy, Ben Ray, Brian Reid, Belinda Rimmer, Morgan Rye, Dave Seed, Carol Sheppard, Alby Stockley, Marilyn Timms, Trevor Valentine, Devlin Wilson.
Published 30th September 2020
Published by Black Eyes Publishing UK
Cover Design by Jason Conway www.thedaydreamacademy.com
Magic Anthology 2019
Poets Selected: Chris Barber, Miriam Calleja, Tish Camp, Jason Conway, Z D Dicks, Maria Castro Dominguez, Tessa Foley, Emily Hall, Sue Johnson, Sue Kinsella, Josephine Lay, Peter Lay, Charlie Markwick, JLM Morton, Patricia M Osbourne, Clive Oseman, Carol Sheppard, Laura Theis, Susie Wilson.
eBook sent via email £3.95
Paperback Edition available on Amazon - published by black eyes publishing uk
Cover art and design by Jason Conway www.thedaydreamacademy.com
Revolution Anthology 2018
Poets Selected:
Andy Brown, Annette Bishop, Brynah Rockamore, Catherine Jones, Chloe Jacquet, Clive Oseman, Dave Dunwell, Dave Seed, David Nicholls, Ella Cain, Ian Paulin, Jason Conway, Jody Lukas, Justin Hale, Laura Emery, Lou Hotchkiss-Knives, Marion Feasey, Mark Curtis, Matty Blades, Nick Lovell, Nimue Brown, Patricia Amundsen, Rick Sanders, Sarah Snell-Pym, Scott Cowley, Stephen Daniels, Tanya Feasey, Ziggy Slug.
eBook sent via email £3.95
Published by Cre8urbrand
Cover art and cover design by Jason Conway www.thedaydreamacademy.com
Poetry Without Pretension
Poets Selected:
Andy Brown, Cee Bee, Claire Smith, Clarke Dicks, Cloe Jacquet, David Nicholls, Derek Dohren, Edward Day, Francis Smith, Ian Paulin, Jason Conway, Kai Cossey, Karl Manley, Kuma San, Marion Feasey, Nick Degg, Norbert Gora, Paul B Morris, Peter Wyton, Sarah Snell-Pym, Scott Cowley, Stu Webb, Tim Francis, Wish Camp, Uta Baldauf, Viva Andrada O'Flynn, Ziggy Slug, Zoe Alford
Paperback edition £9.95 + £2 postage
eBook sent via email £3.95
Published by Cre8urbrand
Cover design by Jason Conway www.thedaydreamacademy.com
Cover art by David Seed
Inner Illustrations by Dave Seed and Julie Green
V10 Pamphlet
The V10 Pamphlet is a submission-based publication for the best work to be featured.
10 poets and 10 poems feature, and we have a growing following of poets, hungry to gain inclusion in the exclusive publication.
Edition 1
eBook sent via email £1.95
Cover design by Jason Conway www.thedaydreamacademy.com
Poets Selected:
Josephine Lay, Clive Oseman, Tish Camp, Claire Smith, Megane Gorleone, Marion Feasey, Tim Francis, JJ Evendon, Jason Conway, Jason N Smith.
Edition 2
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Cover design by Jason Conway www.thedaydreamacademy.com
Poets Selected:
Abdul Patel, Ben Ray, Chloe Jacquet, Gareth Writer-Davies, Nicola Harrison, Josephine Lay, Claire Smith, Sally Aspden, Jason Conway, Anna Saunders.
V20 2019 PAMPHLET
ANDREA MBARUSHIMANA
Many congratulations go to our winner Andrea Mbsrushimana!
Andrea Mbarushimana is a writer and artist, a community connector for the Coventry and Warwickshire charity Grapevine, and an Ask Me Ambassador for Women’s Aid. Her first collection of short stories, poems and artwork The Africa in My House was published by Silhouette Press in 2017 and she represented Coventry in the Cov/Cork poetry exchange in the same year. Since then she has been published in the Diversifly Anthology by Fairacre Press, and lit mags including Under the Radar, Here Comes Everyone, Paper and Ink, and The Curlew. Andrea lives in Coventry with her family. To relax, she enjoys watching anime with her daughter, playing igisoro with her husband, and going on secret lone birdwatching expeditions.
eBook sent via email £3.95
Cover design by Jason Conway www.thedaydreamacademy.com
LOVE Poetry - Join the GPS
If you LOVE poetry, join our closed Facebook group, where you can share your work and find out about GPS events and competitions and support other poets.
Even better, you can join the GPS as an Official Friendship Member, and help the society to grow and reach new audiences in the local and regional communities, as well as exclusive membership perks! The GPS welcomes poets of every level and from across the UK and internationally.