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Fully digital face-to-face courses, held online and accessible from around the world

Face-to-face teaching is now available remotely through our Zoom-based courses

On our video courses, a group of students meet on Zoom on a regular basis with their tutor to read their own work, discuss poetry, and – session by session – develop new skills and confidence as poet. We offer a breadth of approach to learning poetry, with some courses focusing on form and technique, whilst others look to provide inspiration for generating new writing or offer close readings of certain poets or movements.

The longest courses we offer stretch over three terms (general, covering a wide variety of skills and subjects) and the shortest courses we offer are one-day workshops (specific, looking at specialist subjects and techniques).

All our Video Courses

£20.00 *

Tutor: Nick Murray

Poetry School Play: Adventure

Playful prompts, poetry games, pure fun. Join our next monthly play time session!

Start Date: July 28, 2025 7–8pm
End Date: July 28, 2025 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

£240.00 *

Tutor: Tim Dooley

Wednesday Workshop with Tim Dooley

Our long-running weekly workshop with Tim Dooley, for poets looking to develop their individual voice and technique.

Start Date: October 1, 2025
End Date: December 10, 2025 ( 71 Days )
Type: Video

The Close Read: Advanced Poetry Workshop with Anthony Anaxagorou

£240.00 *

Tutor: Anthony Anaxagorou

The Close Read: Advanced Poetry Workshop with Anthony Anaxagorou

Develop your writing through discussion and feedback in this advanced workshop with Anthony Anaxagorou.

Start Date: October 6, 2025 2-4pm
End Date: December 8, 2025 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

Poetry at the Next Level: An Advanced Workshop with Wayne Holloway-Smith

£240.00 *

Tutor: Wayne Holloway-Smith

Poetry at the Next Level: An Advanced Workshop with Wayne Holloway-Smith

Challenge yourself, elevate your writing, and take the next steps in your poetry career

Start Date: October 6, 2025 6.45pm
End Date: December 8, 2025 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

Freedom in Form: Creativity, Control, & Craft with Jacqueline Saphra

£240.00 *

Tutor: Jacqueline Saphra

Freedom in Form: Creativity, Control, & Craft with Jacqueline Saphra

Mix up your writing and learn new skills and techniques with Jacqueline Saphra.

Start Date: October 6, 2025
End Date: December 15, 2025 ( 71 Days )
Type: Video

New Territories: An Intermediate-Advanced Workshop with Wayne Holloway-Smith

£240.00 *

Tutor: Wayne Holloway-Smith

New Territories: An Intermediate-Advanced Workshop with Wayne Holloway-Smith

Bring your writing to the next level and explore contemporary poetry’s cutting-edge.

Start Date: October 7, 2025 6.45pm
End Date: December 9, 2025 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

£70.00 *

Tutor: Becky Varley-Winter

Poetic Forms for Beginners

Spark your creativity and take your first steps into the world of poetry!

Start Date: October 8, 2025
End Date: December 3, 2025 ( 57 Days )
Type: Video

Lighting the World: Writing in Times of Crisis

£240.00 *

Tutor: Shazea Quraishi

Lighting the World: Writing in Times of Crisis

How can we write poetry through times of ecological emergency, perpetual war, or personal crises?

Start Date: October 8, 2025
End Date: December 10, 2025 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

Advanced Poetry Workshop with Mark Waldron

£240.00 *

Tutor: Mark Waldron

Advanced Poetry Workshop with Mark Waldron

An advanced weekly workshop group with the inimitable Mark Waldron.

Start Date: October 8, 2025
End Date: December 10, 2025 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

Rachel Long’s Advanced Weekly Workshop with Special Guests

£240.00 *

Tutor: Rachel Long

Rachel Long’s Advanced Weekly Workshop with Special Guests

An exciting advanced workshop group with the much-loved Rachel Long and the benefit of special guest tutors each term.

Start Date: October 8, 2025
End Date: December 10, 2025 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

£120.00 *

Tutor: Tristram Fane Saunders

Radical Rhythms

Explore the effects of poetry's metrical engine as we listen closely to language.

Start Date: October 9, 2025
End Date: December 4, 2025 ( 57 Days )
Type: Video

Clarity & Vision: Advanced Poetry Workshop with Richard Price

£240.00 *

Tutor: Richard Price

Clarity & Vision: Advanced Poetry Workshop with Richard Price

Join this group for close discussion of your writing with acclaimed poet, Richard Price.

Start Date: October 10, 2025
End Date: December 12, 2025 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

Friday Workshop with Natasha Hakimi Zapata

£240.00 *

Tutor: Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Friday Workshop with Natasha Hakimi Zapata

A weekly workshop for developing poets looking to improve their writing through feedback and close reading.

Start Date: October 10, 2025
End Date: December 12, 2025 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

Poetry Through the Lens of Multilingual Writing with Astrid Alben

£180.00 *

Tutor: Astrid Alben

Poetry Through the Lens of Multilingual Writing with Astrid Alben

A radical new course exploring trans- & multilingual writing with the innovative Astrid Alben.

Start Date: October 14, 2025
End Date: December 9, 2025 ( 57 Days )
Type: Video

£70.00 *

Tutor: Becky Varley-Winter

Beginners’ Workshop Group

Join a supportive community for close reading and developmental feedback on your new poems!

Start Date: October 15, 2025
End Date: December 10, 2025 ( 57 Days )
Type: Video

£75.00 *

Tutor: April Yee

Creation/Destruction

Writers often refer to their books as their babies – but what about texts about babies themselves?

Start Date: October 23, 2025
End Date: November 20, 2025 ( 29 Days )
Type: Video

£100.00 *

Tutor: Helen Calcutt

The Spaces Between

What lives and breathes in the spaces between moment and moment; what possibilities arise from these bridges of quiet?

Start Date: October 30, 2025
End Date: December 11, 2025 ( 43 Days )
Type: Video

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HOW VIDEO WORKS

Tutor and students meet on Zoom for an online Poetry School course session or workshop and the meetings are friendly and relatively informal. Unlike our Online courses, these may not feature a CAMPUS group, but you will still be given the opportunity to share your poetry and receive feedback according to the course format chosen by the tutor.

In each session, you might be given Exercises (specific writing tasks to inspire your own poems or ideas) or Feedback (comments on your work by tutors and / or other students); you might be Reading (close attention to published poems, looking for examples of technique, style, theme or form), Writing (working towards creating new poems throughout the duration of the course or workshop) or a combination of all these. Some courses will include tasks for you to complete between the sessions.

Our video courses are designed to suit all levels of experience: some activities are open to all, and others are structured with beginner, intermediate or advanced poets specifically in mind. Similarly, our activities aim to offer a breadth of approach to learning poetry, with some focusing on form and technique, whilst others look to provide inspiration for your writing.

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

Content will vary course to course, but on all our video courses you can expect the following:

reading, writing and thinking about poetry in different ways
exposure to new writers, voices, forms and styles
the confidence to write more and devote more time to writing
generating new work
discovery of new areas and subjects for research
better understanding of how to make choices (length, theme, tone, etc)
enhanced critical skills
practical advice on further development

We pride ourselves on the standard of our teaching and the poetry produced on every one of our courses. Many of our students have gone on to successfully submit their course work for publication in magazines and journals, and had success in competitions. But don’t take it from us: read some of our many student testimonials.

COURSE FORMATS

Generally speaking we offer 3 main types of video courses:

LONG COURSES are more than 10 weeks and run over several terms. All our long courses start in the Autumn, but can be joined mid-way (subject to availability). Long courses are quite general and will encompass a large variety of ideas and techniques suitable for particular skill levels.

SHORT COURSES are commonly 10 weeks or less, once a term, with regular sessions running weekly or fortnightly. Short courses tend to focus on a particular subject, theme, form or technical aspect of poetry, often open to all levels.

WORKSHOPS are weekend, one or half day sessions.

If you’re unsure which class, level, or style of course might be best for you, you can contact our administration team on [email protected] for help with any course queries you might have.

FAQ

How many courses can I take?

To ensure the best experience, we recommend taking no more than two courses per term. If you are interested in signing up to more, please email us at [email protected] to discuss the different course schedules.

The Poetry School

Video Courses

Fully digital face-to-face courses, held online and accessible from around the world

Face-to-face teaching is now available remotely through our Zoom-based courses

All our Video Courses

Poetry School Play: Adventure

Wednesday Workshop with Tim Dooley

The Close Read: Advanced Poetry Workshop with Anthony Anaxagorou

Poetry at the Next Level: An Advanced Workshop with Wayne Holloway-Smith

Freedom in Form: Creativity, Control, & Craft with Jacqueline Saphra

New Territories: An Intermediate-Advanced Workshop with Wayne Holloway-Smith

Poetic Forms for Beginners

Lighting the World: Writing in Times of Crisis

Advanced Poetry Workshop with Mark Waldron

Rachel Long’s Advanced Weekly Workshop with Special Guests

Radical Rhythms

Clarity & Vision: Advanced Poetry Workshop with Richard Price

Friday Workshop with Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Poetry Through the Lens of Multilingual Writing with Astrid Alben

Beginners’ Workshop Group

Creation/Destruction

The Spaces Between

HOW VIDEO WORKS

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

COURSE FORMATS

FAQ

How many courses can I take?

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