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Spring 2025 – Quick Course Guide

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How I Did It: Forward Prizes – Jasmine Cooray on 'Inheritance'

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How to: Feedback, Originality & Ownership in Poetry Workshops

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How I Did It: Forward Prizes – Marjorie Lotfi on 'The Wrong Person to Ask'

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Summit: A Poetry School Festival

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Ben, is that you? Sim Pereira-Madder reviews 'The Lights' by Ben Lerner

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How I Did It: Forward Prizes – Kelly Michels on 'American Anthem' 

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Open Call: Poetry School Commission – The Verve Performance Lecture

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How I Did It: Forward Prizes – Charlotte Shevchenko Knight on 'Food for the Dead'

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Swallowed Tongues, Quietening Forests

Roshni Gallagher Explores Language, Meaning, Mistranslation and Environmental Crisis in Khairani Barokka’s amuk. – iron and haze – blood is borne on the sea an oil rig births an unending rage amuk (‘amuk i. waters’) Khairani Barokka’s defiant and inventive third collection gives voice to ‘unending rage’ and grief in the face of extractive colonialism…

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Poetry Craft: My Favourite Poetic Device with Simon Barraclough

Simon Barraclough discusses his favourite poetic device.

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The cover image of Thinking with Trees by Jason Allen-Paisant on an ochre background

Fruitful Connections Between Race and Ecology; Jade Cuttle reviews ‘Thinking with Trees’ by Jason Allen-Paisant

Jason Allen-Paisant is perhaps best known for his celebrated second collection Self-Portrait as Othello, which won the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Prize in the same year (2023). In this daring ekphrastic experiment, the poet portraits himself as Othello across the urban landscapes of modern London, Paris and Venice. In honour of this historic win, and…

Posted in Blog 3 days ago by Jade Cuttle
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Write for the Planet: Nature & Climate Change Poetics

COP29 begins & The Guardian highlights the effectiveness of writing in response to the climate crisis: see our upcoming nature & climate change poetry courses! COP29 talks kicked off on Monday 11 November turning global attention toward the climate crisis. A recent Guardian feature spotlighted The Laurel Prize, founded by Simon Armitage and run by us, highlighting Armitage’s commitment…

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How to: Offer Feedback

Expert Poetry Tutor Elizabeth Parker’s guide on how to offer feedback.

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