Advanced Poetry Workshop with Mark Waldron
An advanced weekly workshop group with the inimitable Mark Waldron.
* This course will take place on the video-conferencing platform ZOOM *
This advanced course will focus primarily on developing your current work-in-progress, including individual poems and poems-in-sequence, through reading, discussion, feedback, re-drafting and discussion of ‘motives’ and direction. We’ll also spend some time looking at the work of an established (usually contemporary) poet, examples of whose work Mark will bring to the session. Most weeks there will also be an optional writing prompt.
This course is currently in a Priority Booking period, meaning it is only available to students continuing from the previous term. We will open any remaining spaces to new students on Monday 17 March. If you would like to be added to the waiting list for this, please email [email protected].
10 weekly Zoom sessions on Wednesdays, 6.45–8.45pm (BST/GMT), starts 14 May 2025. Please note: Entry to this course is by application only. If you would like to join, please send a submission of three poems to [email protected].
To apply for a concession rate, please send relevant documentation showing your eligibility for one of our concessions to [email protected]. Conditions of eligibility are detailed here. More information about how our Video Courses work can be found on the Video Courses page. If you have any questions or wish to be added to the waiting list of a sold-out course, please email [email protected].
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About Mark Waldron 
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Mark Waldron has published five poetry collections, most recently, A Straight Up Giant with Bloodaxe Books in 2023. He was named a Next Generation Poet by the Poetry Book Society in 2014. In 2018, The Sunday Times listed him among the best poetry performers in the UK. He’s been published widely in the UK and the US, and his work has been translated into Spanish, Romanian, and Serbian.
"Always a very stimulating and friendly class with interesting new poets brought by Mark each week. Mark is welcoming and thoughtful in his feedback given positively and insightfully."
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