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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

The Open Book: An Exploratory Workshop with Wayne Holloway-Smith [Autumn 2026]

£260.00 *

Tutor: Wayne Holloway-Smith

The Open Book: An Exploratory Workshop with Wayne Holloway-Smith [Autumn 2026]

Challenge yourself, explore contemporary poetry's cutting edge, and elevate your own writing.

Start Date: October 5, 2026 6.45pm
End Date: December 7, 2026 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

Freedom in Form: Creativity, Control, & Craft with Jacqueline Saphra [Autumn 2026]

£260.00 *

Tutor: Jacqueline Saphra

Freedom in Form: Creativity, Control, & Craft with Jacqueline Saphra [Autumn 2026]

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

Start Date: October 6, 2026
End Date: December 8, 2026 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

£300.00 *

Tutor: Suzanne Conway

Suzanne Conway Zoom Seminar 2026/27

Intimate monthly seminars with Suzanne Conway on Zoom.

Start Date: October 6, 2026 6.30pm
End Date: May 4, 2027 ( 211 Days )
Type: Seminar, Video

£300.00 *

Tutor: Antony Dunn

Antony Dunn Seminars 2026/27

Intimate monthly seminars with Antony Dunn.

Start Date: October 6, 2026 6.15pm
End Date: May 13, 2027 ( 220 Days )
Type: Seminar, Video

Sascha Akhtar's Embodied Performance Praxis Seminar

£300.00 *

Tutor: Sascha Akhtar

Sascha Akhtar's Embodied Performance Praxis Seminar

Intimate monthly seminars with Sascha Akhtar on Zoom, diving into her specialist area of decolonial, embodied performance Praxis.

Start Date: October 10, 2026 11am
End Date: May 8, 2027 ( 211 Days )
Type: Seminar, Video

New Territories: A Weekly Workshop with Wayne Holloway-Smith [Autumn 2026]

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Tutor: Wayne Holloway-Smith

New Territories: A Weekly Workshop with Wayne Holloway-Smith [Autumn 2026]

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

Start Date: October 13, 2026 6.45pm
End Date: December 15, 2026 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

Clarity & Vision: Advanced Poetry Workshop with Richard Price [Autumn 2026]

£260.00 *

Tutor: Richard Price

Clarity & Vision: Advanced Poetry Workshop with Richard Price [Autumn 2026]

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

Start Date: October 16, 2026
End Date: December 18, 2026 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

'The Road Not Taken': Reading & Writing Robert Frost

£150.00 *

Tutor: Jodie Hollander

'The Road Not Taken': Reading & Writing Robert Frost

Listen closely to language and explore the effects of poetry's metrical engine in your own work.

Start Date: October 22, 2026
End Date: December 17, 2026 ( 57 Days )
Type: Video

£55.00 *

Tutor: Lewis Buxton

The Talking Dead

Horrible Poetries.

Start Date: October 31, 2026
End Date: October 31, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

Seminar with Shazea Quraishi: Lighting the World

£300.00 *

Tutor: Shazea Quraishi

Seminar with Shazea Quraishi: Lighting the World

Intimate monthly seminars with Shazea Quraishi on Zoom, exploring ways to take poetic action in these trying times.

Start Date: November 9, 2026 6.30pm
End Date: June 14, 2027 ( 218 Days )
Type: Seminar, 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

£300.00 *

Tutor: Sue Burge

Sue Burge Zoom Seminar (2026/27)

Intimate monthly seminars with Sue Burge on Zoom.

Start Date: November 10, 2026 6.30pm
End Date: June 15, 2027 ( 218 Days )
Type: Seminar, 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

MA Foundation Seminar with Meryl Pugh 2027

£900.00 *

Tutor: Meryl Pugh

MA Foundation Seminar with Meryl Pugh 2027

Monthly Zoom seminars, with MA Core Tutor Meryl Pugh, for those looking to develop the skills necessary for postgraduate poetic study.

Start Date: January 7, 2027 6:00pm
End Date: June 3, 2027 ( 148 Days )
Type: Seminar, 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

The Open Book: An Exploratory Workshop with Wayne Holloway-Smith [Autumn 2026]

Freedom in Form: Creativity, Control, & Craft with Jacqueline Saphra [Autumn 2026]

Suzanne Conway Zoom Seminar 2026/27

Antony Dunn Seminars 2026/27

Sascha Akhtar's Embodied Performance Praxis Seminar

New Territories: A Weekly Workshop with Wayne Holloway-Smith [Autumn 2026]

Clarity & Vision: Advanced Poetry Workshop with Richard Price [Autumn 2026]

'The Road Not Taken': Reading & Writing Robert Frost

The Talking Dead

Seminar with Shazea Quraishi: Lighting the World

First Steps: Finding Inspiration with Isabelle Baafi – November 2026

Sue Burge Zoom Seminar (2026/27)

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

MA Foundation Seminar with Meryl Pugh 2027

HOW VIDEO WORKS

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

COURSE FORMATS

FAQ

How many courses can I take?

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