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Poetry School is the UK's largest provider of poetry education, providing inspiring tuition and ways to share work with other supportive poets.

We make poetry happen.

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Tutor: Glyn Maxwell

Dark Canadee

Calling Poets, Pirates, and Dreamers; come sail with us to Dark Canadee.

Start Date: March 24, 2021
Type: Online

£79.00 *

Tutor: Gboyega Odubanjo

Reloads & Reprises: Repetition Studio

Repeat, reiterate, rephrase, return, reload, and reprise with Gboyega Odubanjo.

Start Date: May 3, 2021
End Date: May 31, 2021 ( 29 Days )
Type: Online

Shifting Landscape: Ecopoetics, the Body, & Science of Time (International)

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Tutor: Elena Byrne

Shifting Landscape: Ecopoetics, the Body, & Science of Time (International)

Embody the natural world and become the speaking body of nature in your work.

Start Date: May 12, 2021
End Date: July 21, 2021 ( 71 Days )
Type: Online

Transreading Ukrainian poetry: ‘a crimson bush amidst silence’

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Tutor: Steve Komarnyckyj

Transreading Ukrainian poetry: ‘a crimson bush amidst silence’

Explore one of the world's greatest neglected literatures in Transreading Ukrainian poetry.

Start Date: May 12, 2021
End Date: July 21, 2021 ( 71 Days )
Type: Online

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We are pleased to share with you all the First Voyage of Dark Canadaee. Dark Canadee, is a twisted poetry fantasy, set in an alternative Canada Water, and tailor-made by T.S. Eliot Prize-nominated Glyn Maxwell for the times in which we find ourselves. The project takes the form of a serial literary fiction where, each…

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Summer 2021 – Quick Course Guide

It may be cold outside, but we have our eyes set on warm and sunny Summer! Our Summer 2021 Term is now live and we’ve got a whole host of brilliant tutors and courses lined up, so be sure to book promptly to avoid disappointment. Below is our handy Quick Course Guide, where you’ll find…

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Round-up of Pamphlets by Simon, Menos, and On

The Poetry Business Competition has a great record of giving us exciting new work. These three winners – ranging from the accessible, witty, and moving poems of Emma Simon, through the powerful tale of a son’s kidney transplant in Hilary Menos’s Human Tissue to the intriguing new voice represented in Nick On’s Zhou – offer…

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Jonathan Edwards

Review: Round-up of Pamphlets by Papachristodoulou, Baker, and Birnie

An interesting poetic constellation in this triad of new pamphlets; each has similarities to the others, but there are marked differences too. Elaine Baker’s Winter with Eva (V. Press) and Astra Papachristodoulou’s Stargazing (Guillemot Press) in particular are poles apart in formal and narrative strategies, and many readers may have a distinct preference for one…

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Sarah Law

Dialogues in Dwelling

‘By what invisible architecture is the poem developed?’, asks Barbara Guest in her seminal, short poetic statement, called Invisible Architecture. ‘By what invisible architecture is the house turned into poetry?’, I hear myself answering as I read beyond and between the surface of her question. ‘There is an invisible architecture often supporting the surface of…

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Agnieszka Studzinska

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If you are looking for a venue to facilitate your own teaching, workshops, meetings or other gatherings, the Poetry School has three flexible spaces for hire at very affordable rates. Rooms are available most weekdays and some weekends.

Situated in Docklands, the Poetry School is located in a central and convenient area for public transport and is within walking distance of several tube stations including Canada Water.

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The Poetry School

Poetry School is the UK's largest provider of poetry education, providing inspiring tuition and ways to share work with other supportive poets.

We make poetry happen.

Summer 2021 – Quick Course Guide

Round-up of Pamphlets by Simon, Menos, and On

Review: Round-up of Pamphlets by Papachristodoulou, Baker, and Birnie

Between Translation and Creation: Getting inspired by Chinese Art and Films

Dialogues in Dwelling

Poetry Beyond Semantics: Broken and Unbroken Code

Aesthetica Creative Writing Award - apply for free entry!

Surviving the Future: Harnessing your Apocalypse Anxiety

Poetry Books of the Year 2020

Review: Pamphlets Round-Up of Dunn, Evans, and Lewis

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Upcoming Highlights

A selection of Courses & Workshops we're running soon

Dark Canadee

Reloads & Reprises: Repetition Studio

Shifting Landscape: Ecopoetics, the Body, & Science of Time (International)

Transreading Ukrainian poetry: ‘a crimson bush amidst silence’

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Dark Canadee – Pt. 1

Summer 2021 – Quick Course Guide

Round-up of Pamphlets by Simon, Menos, and On

Review: Round-up of Pamphlets by Papachristodoulou, Baker, and Birnie

Dialogues in Dwelling

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