We have nearly 4,000 members worldwide and we engage with and support diverse poetry audiences One year we had Roger McGough as our poet in residence to explore the theme of 'Britain'; another year we invited some of Britain's top chefs to help contribute poems and recipes to a book on the theme of 'Food'; last year we took a poll to determine whose poem on the theme of 'the future' should be sent into space The Poetry Society has an extensive education program with projects in schools, Poetryclass INSET days, school membership packages, the Londonwide slam championship, and a number of exciting projects planned for our Centenary in 2009 Such a variety of poetry is being written and read these days that we decided to choose a different theme each year to highlight particular poets and styles of poetry A charitable organisation founded in 1909, we provide support, information and merchandise for specialists and the general public alike