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Video Courses

Fully digital face-to-face courses, held online via Zoom 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

Antony Dunn Seminars – Summer Sessions 2026

£150.00 *

Tutor: Antony Dunn

Antony Dunn Seminars – Summer Sessions 2026

Extra Summer sessions of Antony Dunn's intimate monthly seminars.

Start Date: June 2, 2026 6.15pm
End Date: September 10, 2026 ( 101 Days )
Type: Seminar, Video

Occupations and Interruptions - Developing Poetry Workshops for Carers

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Tutor: Sarah Hesketh Dinah Roe

Occupations and Interruptions - Developing Poetry Workshops for Carers

In this special training session, explore the theories and practicalities of delivering poetry workshops for carers.

Start Date: July 1, 2026 9.30am
End Date: July 3, 2026 ( 3 Days )
Type: Online, Video

First Steps: Finding Inspiration with Isabelle Baafi – July 2026

£45.00 *

Tutor: Isabelle Baafi

First Steps: Finding Inspiration with Isabelle Baafi – July 2026

Start your poetic journey with this interactive, beginner-friendly workshop with poet, critic and tutor, Isabelle Baafi.

Start Date: July 14, 2026
End Date: July 14, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

First Steps: A Closer Look with Isabelle Baafi – August 2026

£45.00 *

Tutor: Isabelle Baafi

First Steps: A Closer Look with Isabelle Baafi – August 2026

Turn everyday details into striking poems in this beginner-friendly workshop exploring voice, perspective, and creative ways into writing.

Start Date: August 11, 2026
End Date: August 11, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

A Cloud in Trousers: Emotional Intensification Through Distance

£55.00 *

Tutor: Iulia David

A Cloud in Trousers: Emotional Intensification Through Distance 

Explore what "distance" really means and how it can actually intensify, rather than diminish, feeling in your poems.

Start Date: September 3, 2026
End Date: September 3, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

A Magnificent Error: Poetry after Magritte

£55.00 *

Tutor: Rachael Brown

A Magnificent Error: Poetry after Magritte  

Rewrite reality inspired by Magritte’s use of visual metaphor and metonym.

Start Date: September 5, 2026
End Date: September 5, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

£55.00 *

Tutor: Rushika Wickramasinghe

Carmen et Error 

Exploring erotics and finding the perfect poetry in imperfection .

Start Date: September 6, 2026
End Date: September 6, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

Disrupting the Lyric: Complication, Collapse, & Reimagining the Voice

£55.00 *

Tutor: Ophira Adar

Disrupting the Lyric: Complication, Collapse, & Reimagining the Voice  

Explore what happens when the lyric voice is put under pressure, when voice becomes unstable, or fragmentary.

Start Date: September 7, 2026
End Date: September 7, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

Hope is the Only Option: Four Ways into Nature Poetry

£55.00 *

Tutor: Ben Verinder

Hope is the Only Option: Four Ways into Nature Poetry 

Engage with nature poetry through four different routes: documentation, resistance, nature as solace, and imagined alternative futures.

Start Date: September 8, 2026
End Date: September 8, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

First Steps: Finding Inspiration with Isabelle Baafi – September 2026

£45.00 *

Tutor: Isabelle Baafi

First Steps: Finding Inspiration with Isabelle Baafi – September 2026

Start your poetic journey with this interactive, beginner-friendly workshop with poet, critic and tutor, Isabelle Baafi.

Start Date: September 8, 2026
End Date: September 8, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

£55.00 *

Tutor: Catherine Balaq

Sacred Female Rage  

Explore female rage and write poems of witness as a sacred form.

Start Date: September 10, 2026
End Date: September 10, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

New York Poets for a New Century: When Nothing is Too Much Detail

£55.00 *

Tutor: Steph Morris

New York Poets for a New Century: When Nothing is Too Much Detail 

Looking at the New York Poets and their artist peers to create collage-inspired poetry.

Start Date: September 12, 2026
End Date: September 12, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

Microchimerism, Loss, & Connection: Writing Absence &  Attachment in Parenthood

£55.00 *

Tutor: Sam Szanto

Microchimerism, Loss, & Connection: Writing Absence &  Attachment in Parenthood 

Explore how poetry can convey lasting attachments to children or parents following their absence.

Start Date: September 13, 2026
End Date: September 13, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

£55.00 *

Tutor: Elontra Hall

Game Theory 

Ready, set, go!

Start Date: September 14, 2026
End Date: September 14, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

How to Prepare & Publish your First  Pamphlet

£55.00 *

Tutor: Kat Dixon

How to Prepare & Publish your First  Pamphlet 

Gain the knowledge, confidence, and courage to get your first pamphlet out there .

Start Date: September 15, 2026
End Date: September 15, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

First Steps: A Closer Look with Isabelle Baafi – October 2026

£45.00 *

Tutor: Isabelle Baafi

First Steps: A Closer Look with Isabelle Baafi – October 2026

Turn everyday details into striking poems in this beginner-friendly workshop exploring voice, perspective, and creative ways into writing.

Start Date: October 13, 2026
End Date: October 13, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

First Steps: Finding Inspiration with Isabelle Baafi – November 2026

£45.00 *

Tutor: Isabelle Baafi

First Steps: Finding Inspiration with Isabelle Baafi – November 2026

Start your poetic journey with this interactive, beginner-friendly workshop with poet, critic and tutor, Isabelle Baafi.

Start Date: November 10, 2026
End Date: November 10, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

First Steps: A Closer Look with Isabelle Baafi – December 2026

£45.00 *

Tutor: Isabelle Baafi

First Steps: A Closer Look with Isabelle Baafi – December 2026

Turn everyday details into striking poems in this beginner-friendly workshop exploring voice, perspective, and creative ways into writing.

Start Date: December 8, 2026
End Date: December 8, 2026 ( 1 Day )
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 via Zoom and accessible from around the world.

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

All our Video Courses

Antony Dunn Seminars – Summer Sessions 2026

Occupations and Interruptions - Developing Poetry Workshops for Carers

First Steps: Finding Inspiration with Isabelle Baafi – July 2026

First Steps: A Closer Look with Isabelle Baafi – August 2026

A Cloud in Trousers: Emotional Intensification Through Distance

A Magnificent Error: Poetry after Magritte

Carmen et Error

Disrupting the Lyric: Complication, Collapse, & Reimagining the Voice

Hope is the Only Option: Four Ways into Nature Poetry

First Steps: Finding Inspiration with Isabelle Baafi – September 2026

Sacred Female Rage

New York Poets for a New Century: When Nothing is Too Much Detail

Microchimerism, Loss, & Connection: Writing Absence &  Attachment in Parenthood

Game Theory

How to Prepare & Publish your First  Pamphlet

First Steps: A Closer Look with Isabelle Baafi – October 2026

First Steps: Finding Inspiration with Isabelle Baafi – November 2026

First Steps: A Closer Look with Isabelle Baafi – December 2026

HOW VIDEO WORKS

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

COURSE FORMATS

FAQ

How many courses can I take?

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