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Poetry Playback: 'Vertigo & Ghost' by Fiona Benson

Tutor: Fiona Benson

Announcing the MA in Writing Poetry Scholarship

Posted in News 7 days ago by Poetry School Poetry School

Review: 'Rabbit' by Sophie Robinson

Posted in Reviews 1 week ago by Rosanna Hildyard Rosanna Hildyard

Self, Place, World

Posted in Courses 2 weeks ago by Richard O'Brien Richard O'Brien

‘A great, dark, soft thing’

Posted in Courses 1 week ago by Anna Veprinska Anna Veprinska

Review: 'The Built Moment' by Lavinia Greenlaw

Posted in Reviews 2 weeks ago by Jade Cuttle Jade Cuttle

Measure a Circle, Beginning Anywhere: Poetry Through a Fortean Lens

Posted in Courses 3 weeks ago by Caleb Parkin Caleb Parkin

Review: 'The Gaelic Garden of the Dead' by MacGillivray

Posted in Reviews 3 weeks ago by Richie McCaffery Richie McCaffery

The Convergence of Languages in Latinx Poetry

Posted in Courses 1 month ago by Natasha Hakimi Zapata Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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Parasol Unit Workshop: 'Poetic Demolition' with Martha Sprackland

Tutor: Martha Sprackland

We Cannot Stop the Rumbling Trains

Posted in Courses 1 month ago by David Tait David Tait

Poetry for Change

Posted in Courses 3 weeks ago by Elizabeth Parker Elizabeth Parker

Radical Butchery Studio

Posted in Courses 1 month ago by Sascha Akhtar Sascha Akhtar

In Praise of Complexity

Posted in Courses 2 months ago by Stav Poleg Stav Poleg

Affordability: Concessions, discounts, payment plans, bursaries and free resources.

Posted in Articles 2 years ago by Poetry School Poetry School

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Poetry of Parenting Playlist: Thirteen For Now

Fiona Benson, author of the brilliant Vertigo & Ghost, and tutor of the Poetry School course Writing Childhood, Writing Parenthood, presents an unmissable Poetry of Parenting Playlist. (1) Kathleen Jamie, ‘Ultrasound’ This gorgeous, unsurpassable sequence in Jizzen (Picador, London: 1999) travels from ultrasound (‘Second sight / a seer’s mothy flicker, an inner sprite’) through the ‘difficult giving’ to ‘the first…

Posted in Blog 6 days ago by Fiona Benson
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Announcing the MA in Writing Poetry Scholarship

We’re delighted to announce that Newcastle University is offering a scholarship award for 2019 entry worth £7,400 (full fees) for an outstanding applicant to the Poetry School / Newcastle MA in Writing Poetry. The Scholarship will be awarded on a competitive basis to applicants who have already accepted an offer of a place for 2019/20 entry…

Posted in News 7 days ago by Poetry School
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Review: ‘Rabbit’ by Sophie Robinson

Rabbit (Boiler House) deals with the struggle to connect in a globalised, social-media age, where our language is overwhelmed by the clichés of celebrities and advertisements, and our conception of friendship, success and love is as a shallow performance. The fierce, plaintive, stylish poems in Rabbit are about the experience of unbelonging and being distanced…

Posted in Reviews 1 week ago by Rosanna Hildyard
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‘A great, dark, soft thing’

The day passes and, though not for lack of trying, no words come. It grows dark; I tire with the sun and go to bed. As soon as I have turned out the lights, however, words begin to string themselves together like fairy lights across my mind. They are late – I expected them hours…

Posted in Courses 1 week ago by Anna Veprinska
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Self, Place, World

Ahead of his monthly course in Birmingham, the city’s poet laureate Richard O’Brien writes about the concentric circles of ‘self’, ‘place’ and ‘world’. Poetry is always a kind of dialogue between the internal and the external. We write out of, if not necessarily ‘about’ in a confessional sense, our personal lived experience of reality —…

Posted in Courses 2 weeks ago by Richard O'Brien
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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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