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Parasol Unit Workshop: 'Poetic Demolition' with Martha Sprackland

Tutor: Martha Sprackland

Review: 'Deaf Republic' by Ilya Kaminsky

Posted in Reviews 2 weeks ago by Stav Poleg Stav Poleg
Face-to-Face Course

Problematic Poets: Interrogating our Influences

Tutor: Anthony Anaxagorou
£35.00

Summer School 2019

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Poetry Playback: 'Vertigo & Ghost' by Fiona Benson

Tutor: Fiona Benson
Face-to-Face Course

Constraints & Play

Tutor: Tim Atkins
£35.00
Face-to-Face Course

Imagining the Sacred Hybrid: Poetry of Change and Resistance

Tutor: Karen McCarthy Woolf

Review: 'The Fall at Home: New and Collected Aphorisms' by Don Paterson

Posted in Reviews 1 month ago by Jeremy Wikeley Jeremy Wikeley
Face-to-Face Course

The Carer: Poetry of Private & Public Spaces

Tutor: Denise Saul
£72.00
Face-to-Face Course

Draw Down The Stars

Tutor: Francesca Lisette
£35.00

Review: 'Wain: LGBT Reimaginings of Scottish Folklore' by Rachel Plummer

Posted in Reviews 1 month ago by Richie McCaffery Richie McCaffery

'Trace'

Posted in Poems 1 month ago by Rasha Al Duwaisan Rasha Al Duwaisan
Face-to-Face Course

Unpacking the Six Pack: Writing Masculinity, Sport & Body Image

Tutor: Lewis Buxton
£35.00
Face-to-Face Course

WRITE AHEAD: Free Introductory Workshop (Friday 27 September 2019)

Tutor: Joey Connolly

Announcing the MA in Writing Poetry Scholarship

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

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Review: ‘Deaf Republic’ by Ilya Kaminsky

Ilya Kaminsky’s Deaf Republic — framed as a two-act play — takes the reader into a country whose characters move constantly from one stage to another: from the public stage of an occupied town in a time of political unrest, via a local puppet theatre, to that of one’s own home. The first poem of…

Posted in Reviews 2 weeks ago by Stav Poleg
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Inter-review: Maria Apichella speaks to Keiran Goddard about ‘Votive’

The poems in Keiran Goddard’s new collection Votive (Offord Road Books) ‘look painful things in the face and tell the truth about how much they hurt’. This anguished and beautiful book charts the rise and fall of a turbulent romantic relationship, ultimately exploring how to let go of someone you love. While eschewing an obvious narrative, there…

Posted in Reviews 4 weeks ago by Maria Apichella
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Summer School 2019

Our 2019 Summer School is here! This boiling summer we’ve teamed up with hot experimental indie Boiler House Press to present a scorching line-up of half-day workshops. Put a towel down and reserve your place. Monday 15 July Hydro Lyric: Water & the Self in Contemporary Poetry with Samantha Walton What does it mean to…

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Review: ‘The Fall at Home: New and Collected Aphorisms’ by Don Paterson

Aphorisms are not poems. But the way in which they may or may not resemble poems might tell us something about poetry. The hope is they will tell us other things too. As a poet and critic many of Don Paterson’s aphorisms in The Fall at Home tell us about poems and poets. For instance:…

Posted in Reviews 1 month ago by Jeremy Wikeley
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Review: ‘Wain: LGBT Reimaginings of Scottish Folklore’ by Rachel Plummer

Scottish literature of the 20th century particularly is well-known for its humanism and pluralism. You just need to think of the likes of folklorist and poet Hamish Henderson, himself a bisexual man, arguing that poetry and song could help heal divided communities and societies. His most famous song ‘The Freedom Come All Ye’ is an…

Posted in Reviews 1 month ago by Richie McCaffery
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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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