Featured video performances

30/3 by Sean Burn

30/3 by Sean Burn read by Simon Jenner

Simon Jenner, Director of Survivors’ Poetry reads a poem by Sean …

Crackdown Tribunal by Dave Russell

Crackdown Tribunal by Dave Russell

Dave, stalwart of London-based Survivor’s open mic nights, plays an established …

Survivors' Speaks

Paedophile Romeo

‘You can do anything you like old son’ said Jimmy Saville to me after I asked if I … read more

Poem of the Month

Clare Hill

Chapeau

My hat is not made of tin foil,
that wouldn’t be … read more

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Mission and Vision


Our Vision is a world which celebrates the creative expression of survivors through poetry. Our Mission is coordinating artistic activity; publishing and promoting poetry by survivors; supporting and developing survivor poets and establishing communication networks; challenging and changing the social and cultural definitions of poets and poetry; making connections between creativity and mental health.

Group news


Stevenage Survivors began life in April 2000. The group was formed by poet Roy Birch and local Drugs Counsellor Darren Messenger, to, in the words of … read more

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Survivors’ Poetry is 21 years old and we will be celebrating with founders:
Joe Bidder, Peter Campbell, Frank Bangay, Hillary Porter and friends
Ex promoting poetry, prose, plays,

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