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Raymond Antrobus – T. S. Eliot Writer’s Notes

Welcome to our Writers’ Notes for the 2024 T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist. These are educational resources for poets looking to develop their practice and learn from some of contemporary poetry’s most exciting and accomplished voices. Here’s Raymond Antrobus on his collection, Signs, Music. I started writing Signs, Music the week I was told I was going to…

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Build Your Writing Community: The Art of the Workshop

This winter, join a warm, supportive space for poets with workshops designed for beginner, intermediate or advanced poets. This workshop series helps you refine your craft, find your authentic voice, and connect with other poets in a welcoming, collaborative environment. Our workshops offer the perfect environment for writers to refine their craft and connect with…

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Ignite Change Through Poetry: Spring Workshops for the Next Generation of Writers

In a world grappling with crises from east to west, the power of the written word becomes more urgent than ever. With wars, conflicts and worse continuing around the world an individual poet is entitled to feel the effects but why not join Poetry School’s online workshops and explore poetry as a tool for social…

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Swallowed Tongues, Quietening Forests

Roshni Gallagher Explores Language, Meaning, Mistranslation and Environmental Crisis in Khairani Barokka’s amuk. – iron and haze – blood is borne on the sea an oil rig births an unending rage amuk (‘amuk i. waters’) Khairani Barokka’s defiant and inventive third collection gives voice to ‘unending rage’ and grief in the face of extractive colonialism…

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Poetry Craft: My Favourite Poetic Device with Simon Barraclough

Simon Barraclough discusses his favourite poetic device.

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