About Us

Ver Poets is a group of poets who meet regularly to discuss poetry and to share their poems.

Ver Poets was founded in 1966 by May Badman. 'Ver' refers to the river flowing through St Albans, where the group meets. The group has a local, national and international membership."

May Badman organised the meetings, competitions and published many anthologies until 2004. During that time, membership grew steadily to include poets from over the whole country and abroad. May maintains her links with the society as Patron, and continues to publish anthologies of her poetry. Current President, John Mole, is a well-known poet. John is currently Poet in Residence for the City of London, critic and jazz clarinettist. Carole Satyamurti lives in London and lectures at the Tavistock Clinic. A widely published poet, she is Vice-President.