The Poetry School

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

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Hands On Zines: An Interview with Cherry Styles

An Interview with Cherry Styles

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Ryan Van Winkle's Blues Gallery

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James Trevelyan (Poetry School)

Face-to-Face Course

Fresh Approaches (Autumn 2016)

Tutor:

Ellen Cranitch

£171.00

Upcoming Highlights

A selection of Courses & Workshops we're running soon

Tales from the World City (an International Course)

Tutor: David Tait

Tales from the World City (an International Course)

Writing the people and places of our urban spaces.

Start Date: September 12, 2016
End Date: November 21, 2016 ( 71 Days )
Type: Online

A Conversation with the Past (Romantics and Victorians)

£171.00 *

Tutor: Tim Dooley

A Conversation with the Past (Romantics and Victorians)

A chance to develop your work through a structured look at writing from the past.

Start Date: September 13, 2016
End Date: November 22, 2016 ( 71 Days )
Type: Face-to-Face • Location: The Poetry School, London

£90.00 *

Tutor: Jean Atkin

The Life of Things

Explore the stories that are attached to the objects in our lives.

Start Date: September 14, 2016
End Date: October 12, 2016 ( 29 Days )
Type: Face-to-Face • Location: Friends' Meeting House, Manchester

£10.00

Tutor: Nigel Forde

A grounding in the basics for new writers, this course works through ten lessons exploring some of the traditions of poetry writing, an introduction to form and metre, and tips to develop intense, precise and significant poems.

Type: Downloads

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Meet Ben Rogers – the Poetry in Aldeburgh / Poetry School Poet in Residence

Poetry Schoolers, meet Ben. Ben, meet the Poetry Schoolers. Some of you might have already met, mind you. Ben Rogers is a familiar face round London and Cambridge’s poetry events. He’s published a pamphlet recently with the Emma Press (Mackerel Salad) and he’s also featured in Carcanet’s New Poetries VI. Poetry in Aldeburgh is a…

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The Poetry School

“We-Poetics” – How I Did It: ‘Body Logic’

Because first of all, it’s not just I. Even in poetry, even the lonely writing on a lined pad or keypad. Even that has its communal moments. No one does anything on one’s own. And that goes for writing, too. When I read a book of poems that move me, I know I am moved…

Posted in Essays 1 week ago by

Tiphanie Yanique

Want to write reviews for us?

If you’re a poet and interested in writing reviews on the latest poetry releases, then listen up! We’ve decided to make a few tentative tip-toes into the poetry reviewing game, and we want YOU to help. We will pay £60 for a review of one collection or poetry book, at a blog-friendly length of at…

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Will Barrett (Poetry School)

Anti-Poetry for today: Melissa Lee-Houghton looks to reinvent Dada

This is a course for people who want to do something new and respond to the world around them by writing poems which engage with the fizzing energy and anarchic vibe of Dada whilst exploring contemporary art, film and writing and assimilating the current political climate. So what will poets be doing on this course?…

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Melissa Lee-Houghton

Full title: The Arnolfini Portrait
Artist: Jan van Eyck
Date made: 1434
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‘Mrs Arnolfini’s interior’

My husband’s seville oranges are ripening on the window ledge; he punctures and sucks at them before flinging the pith to the pigs. When he’s not trading silk, he likes to paint still lives, nature morte. I know this child’s another phantom. I gather my dress under my ribs, rest a hand where its head…

Posted in Poems 3 weeks ago by

Rachael Matthews

Hire our London Venue MORE INFO & BOOKINGS

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 on Lambeth Walk, the Poetry School is located in a central and convenient area for public transport and is within walking distance of several tube stations including Waterloo.

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