A SPECIAL "Cocoa and Cookies" poetry night organised by The Arts at Poole takes place tomorrow (Thursday), upstairs at the Blue Boar pub in the Old Town.

The evening, which runs from 6.30pm to 9pm, offers an opportunity to recite and listen to poetry.

Participants are invited to bring poems along, whether their own compositions or favourites by others.

There will also be a classical quartet playing live music during the intervals... plus, of course, cocoa and cookies.

Meetings of The Arts take place on the first Thursday of each month, either in the upstairs function room, or cellar bar, in the Blue Boar.