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Face-to-Face Course

Poetry as a Witness (Birmingham)

Tutor: Roy Mcfarlane
£90.00

Review: 'Us' by Zaffar Kunial

Posted in Reviews 1 week ago by Will Harris Will Harris

Family, Politics and Poetry: What Ties Them All Together?

Posted in Courses 2 weeks ago by Christina Thatcher Christina Thatcher
Online Course

Creative Response Studio: Finding Our Why

Tutor: Victoria Adukwei Bulley
£79.00
Face-to-Face Course

Advanced Poetry Workshop with Richard Price (Spring 2019)

Tutor: Richard Price
£171.00

Review: 'Fondue' by A. K. Blakemore

Posted in Reviews 2 weeks ago by Rosanna Hildyard

Come Back Early: Revisiting and Revising

Posted in Courses 2 months ago by Penny Boxall Penny Boxall
Face-to-Face Course

Origins of the Golem

Tutor: Karen Whiteson
£72.00

What is Science Fiction Poetry?

Posted in Courses 2 months ago by Callie Gardner Callie Gardner
Events

Poetry Playback: ‘The Perseverance' by Raymond Antrobus

Tutor: Raymond Antrobus

Review: 'Insistence' by Ailbhe Darcy

Posted in Reviews 1 month ago by Joey Connolly Joey Connolly
Events

Parasol Unit Workshop: 'Ugly Words' with Dean Atta

Tutor: Dean Atta

Poetry School Books of the Year 2018

Posted in Blog 4 weeks ago by Martha Sprackland Martha Sprackland

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

Posted in Articles 2 years ago by The Poetry School The Poetry School

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Review: ‘Us’ by Zaffar Kunial

The most impressive thing about Zaffar Kunial’s debut collection, Us, might be its willingness not to impress; to leave as slight an impression as possible. The book’s first epigraph (of two) comes from Khalil Gibran: ‘Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it / so that the other half may reach you’…

Posted in Reviews 1 week ago by Will Harris
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Review: ‘Fondue’ by A. K. Blakemore

‘Fondue’ must be one of the more descriptive words in the language. It summons up consistency, texture, a sense of movement, taste and smell. Even the sound of the word is evocative: the onomatopoeic glooping of ue – and borrowed from French, too. It’s certainly more suggestive than ‘melt’. It’s an appropriate title for this…

Posted in Reviews 2 weeks ago by Rosanna Hildyard
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Family, Politics and Poetry: What Ties Them All Together?

With the holidays been and gone, family is on my mind. I haven’t been ‘home’ for Christmas – that is back to America – for nine years. When I was a kid, my brother and I were given rules on the day – things we should and shouldn’t say. My Dad knew not to drink…

Posted in Courses 2 weeks ago by Christina Thatcher
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Poetry School Books of the Year 2018

It’s been a superb year for ‘little shapelets’ and their ‘sprinkling of white space’. Funny, painful, complex, adventurous, elegiac, innovative, insightful and enduring, the books we have chosen to celebrate here represent just a small selection of the marvellous work we have read and loved over the past twelve months. Below, in alphabetical order, you…

Posted in Blog 4 weeks ago by Martha Sprackland
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Why the sonnet?

Why the sonnet? Because it is one thing. Because it is many. First of all, the many. Petrarch in the late Middle Ages, Terrance Hayes in Trump’s America, Camões, Shakespeare, Goethe, Baudelaire, Lorca and thousands of other poets across the centuries in their different cultures and languages: who would pretend that their poems are anything…

Posted in Courses 1 month ago by William Wootten
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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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