Terms Poetry - Trinity
Wednesday 20th May 2026, 5.15pm
Wycliffe Hall invites you to enjoy an evening of poetry, open to all.
About the event
Terms Poetry brings together powerful poets and attentive audiences. In the course of our evening, several Oxford poets will present new work, with interludes for music, wine and conversation. The guiding term for Trinity 2026 is Touch, inviting poems that inhabit moments of closeness and cruelty; presence and loss. Our contributors are drawn from a wide range of backgrounds, ages and poetic traditions, and their work has been rehearsed with and curated by Michael Glenfield, a poet, critic and former teacher of drama. This event is a must for any who love poetry, value fresh artistic voices or would like, simply, to experience the wonder of well-chosen words.
Trinity's event will feature work from Eliana Pretorian, Simeon Thorne, Joshua Nurcombe-Pike, Bruce Gillingham and Chinghatzo, with music from Helena Zhao and Joyce Chou.
Event details
Date: Wednesday 20th May
Time: 5.15pm
Venue: Wycliffe Hall, 52-54 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6PW
Getting here: Wycliffe Hall is on major bus routes. Limited parking may be available on site (please contact us by email if you have any special access requirements) and pay-and-display on-street parking is available close by in Norham Gardens.
Photography and filming: This event will include photography and filming: please contact us directly if you have any questions about this: conferences@wycliffe.ox.ac.uk.
All are welcome: the event is open to the public but booking is required.
This event is supported by the TORCH Performance Research Hub and the New Renaissance Project.
Wycliffe Hall has set itself the modest task of fostering a New Renaissance of Christian scholarship, leadership and culture. As both a Christian community and a Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford, we want to see transformational scholarship, leadership and culture, born out of Christian community, offering the truth, beauty and goodness of the gospel to the world.
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