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Calling Forth: Direct Address / Apostrophe

£72.00 *

Tutor: Phillis Levin

Calling Forth: Direct Address / Apostrophe

Explore the power of the vocative or direct address in poetry

Start Date: March 23, 2019 10.30am
End Date: March 23, 2019 ( 1 Day )
Type: Face-to-Face • Location: Poetry School, London

£26.25 *

Tutor: Sean Wai Keung

Eat Your Words: Poetry and Food

Enhance your poems with roast beef, cheesecake, and a bottle of Chablis

Start Date: April 12, 2019 10.30am
End Date: April 12, 2019 ( 1 Day )
Type: Face-to-Face • Location: Poetry School, London

Bodies and Botanies in Contemporary Experimental Poetry

£26.25 *

Tutor: Srishti Krishnamoorthy-Cavell

Bodies and Botanies in Contemporary Experimental Poetry

Write the poem botanical, from queer florality to trees bearing witness

Start Date: April 13, 2019 2pm
End Date: April 13, 2019 ( 1 Day )
Type: Face-to-Face • Location: Poetry School, London

Choosing Brave: Feminism & the Written Word (International)

£109.00 *

Tutor: Leah Umansky

Choosing Brave: Feminism & the Written Word (International)

Respect existence or expect resistance

Start Date: May 9, 2019
End Date: July 18, 2019 ( 71 Days )
Type: Online

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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.

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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.

Non-Executive Board Member Position Open!

The Convergence of Languages in Latinx Poetry

We Cannot Stop the Rumbling Trains

Bodies and Botanies in Contemporary Experimental Poetry

Radical Butchery Studio

Review: ‘Milk Tooth’ by Martha Sprackland

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Typography for Poets

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