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Michael Pendersen – How I Did It ‘The Cat Prince’

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MA in Writing in Poetry Scholarships 2023/24

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Review Round-up – Another Way to Split Water by Alycia Pirmohamed; Imperium by Jay Gao; Cane, Corn & Gully by Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa

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Stanzas for Ukraine – 25

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Jane Clarke – How I Did It ‘Pit Ponies of Glendasan’

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2022 Ginkgo Prize Ecopoetry Anthology

The 2022 Ginkgo Prize Ecopoetry Anthology contains all the winning and highly commended poems from this year’s awards, judged by renowned poet ecopoet and memoirist Seán Hewitt, and ecopoet, writer, and editor Karen McCarthy Woolf.

The winning poets were Anthony Lawrence, Cath Drake, Yvonne Reddick and the AONB Best Poem of UK Landscape was written by David Canning.

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September Sale!

We’re offering 50% off selected courses in the Poetry School September Sale. To celebrate the start of the new academic year, we’re offering a 50% discount on some of our fantastic Autumn Term courses. Just use the coupon code AUTUMN50 to access this limited-time offer. Check out the full list of discounted courses below. We…

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Kandace Siobhan Walker – How I Did It ‘Cowboy’

Welcome to our Forward Prizes 2023 ‘How I Did It’ series. This year we asked the poets shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection to write about the inspiration behind the poems in their collection. Here’s Kandace Siobhan Walker on what inspired her to write Cowboy. When I was editing Cowboy, I was…

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Kathryn Bevis – How I Did It ‘My body tells me that she’s filing for divorce’

Welcome to our Forward Prizes 2023 ‘How I Did It’ series. This year we asked the poets shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem (Written) to write about the inspiration behind their chosen poem. Here’s Kathryn Bevis on what inspired her to write ‘My body tells me that she’s filing for divorce.’ On…

Posted in Articles 2 weeks ago by Kathryn Bevis
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MA in Writing in Poetry Scholarships 2023/24

We are delighted to announce that for academic year 2023-24, four outstanding students have been awarded full-fee scholarships for the Poetry School’s MA in Writing Poetry accredited by Newcastle University. This year two scholarships entirely funded entirely by the Poetry School have been awarded. We are pleased to award a Poetry School Scholarship to an outstanding candidate, Elontra Hall, a Black-American poet…

Posted in Articles 2 weeks ago by Tessa Foley
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Michael Pendersen – How I Did It ‘The Cat Prince’

Welcome to our Forward Prizes 2023 ‘How I Did It’ series. This year we asked the poets shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem (Performed) to write about the inspiration behind some of their poems from the chosen collection. Here’s Michael Pendersen on what inspired him to write ‘The Cat Prince‘. ‘The Cat…

Posted in Articles 3 weeks ago by Michael Pendersen
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