For more information and FAQs about how our courses work, please go to our In-Person Courses, Video Courses and Online Courses pages.
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Tutor: Agnieszka Studzinska
Discover what ghostliness and absence can become in your writing, as we trace the spectral in landscape and nature, time, and our relationships with those living and dead.
£195.00 *
Tutor: Astrid Alben
An exciting new advanced workshop group with the innovative Astrid Alben.
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Tutor: James Davies
Get some avian inspiration and soar through poetry's many fascinations with birds.
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Tutor: Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese
Let’s bring to the surface ‘the mutability of earthly existence'.
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Tutor: Jodie Hollander
Join us for this mini beast masterclass, where we'll explore what benefits insects can bring to your poems' ecosystems.
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Tutor: Jonathan Edwards
Experiment with sprawling forms, large scale works, and ambitious sequences to create a lasting impact.
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Tutor: Peter Hughes
Investigate the poetic potential of trees in myths, legends, and scientific sources.
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Tutor: Rachel Piercey
Write new poems for children, inspired by Charles Causley.
£118.00 *
Tutor: Stav Poleg
Walk the streets of Cinecittà and find inspiration in the cinema of Fellini as we experiment with dreams and memories, alongside fictional and theatrical scenes in our poetry.
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Tutor: Jacqueline Saphra
Mix up your writing, and learn new skills and techniques with Jacqueline Saphra.
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Tutor: Zakia Carpenter-Hall
Language is often remade and re-envisioned through poetry, join us to expand your practice and explore different techniques in this area.
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Tutor: Mark Waldron
An advanced weekly workshop group with the inimitable Mark Waldron.
£195.00 *
Tutor: Tim Dooley
Our long-running weekly workshop with Tim Dooley, for poets looking to develop their individual voice and technique.
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Tutor: Victoria Kennefick
Harness the power of gross and learn to dig beneath the stomach-churning to create unforgettable poems of human experience.
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Tutor: Karen Leeder
Explore the dynamic world of modern and contemporary poetry in German as inspiration for new poems, translations and projects of your own.
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Tutor: Rebecca Tamás
Knock your loose poems into shape with some concentrated feedback from poet and essayist, Rebecca Tamás.
£195.00 *
Tutor: Becky Varley-Winter
Spark your creativity and take your first steps into the world of poetry!
£195.00 *
Tutor: Tim Dooley
Our weekly workshop for intermediate poets looking to develop their work.
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Tutor: Wayne Holloway-Smith
Challenge yourself, elevate your writing, and take the next steps in your poetry career.
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Tutor: Caleb Parkin
Channel poems from phenomena just beyond our understanding
£195.00 *
Tutor: Anthony Anaxagorou
Develop your writing through discussion and feedback in this advanced workshop with Anthony Anaxagorou.
£195.00 *
Tutor: Shazea Quraishi
Hone your craft, explore poetry’s inner workings, and look at techniques to help your poems achieve lift-off.
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Tutor: Enaiê Mairê Azambuja
Explore how Zen Buddhism inspired modernist American Ecopoetics.
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Tutor: Camilla Nelson
Get inspired by nonhuman ways of Being to create innovative, more-than human poetic work.
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Tutor: Carmen Bugan
Join us to explore language from all areas of human life as sources for innovative poetry.
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Tutor: Wayne Holloway-Smith
Bring your writing to the next level and explore contemporary poetry’s cutting-edge.
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Tutor: David Tait
Learn to take your writing in unexpected directions and how to find the intimate in surprising places.
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Tutor: JR Carpenter
Explore archival writing processes to see what poetry can be developed from a life’s detritus
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Tutor: romalyn ante
Use personal objects, everyday items, and your own family legends to rewrite myths into your poetry.
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Tutor: Chris Beckett
Explore how the study of a proud and independent poetic tradition can liberate our own approach to poetry!
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Tutor: Richard Price
Join this group for rigorous discussion of your writing with acclaimed poet Richard Price.
£190.00 *
Tutor: Ros Barber
Monthly all-day Saturday workshops with Ros Barber.
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Tutor: Nick Makoha
In-depth 1-2-1 discussion on your poetry with Nick Makoha.
£118.00 *
Tutor: Linda Gregerson
Explore strategies for launching your poems and learn how to prepare them for successful landings.
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Tutor: Leah Umansky
Respect our existence or expect resistance.
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Tutor: Rebecca Watts
In-depth 1-2-1 discussion on your poetry with Rebecca Watts.
£132.50 *
Tutor: Antony Dunn
Extra Summer sessions of Antony Dunn's intimate monthly seminars.
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Tutor: vilde b. torset
Explore the intimacy of poetry on the boundaries of the readerly and discover new possibilities for what poems can be.
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Tutor: Victoria Adukwei Bulley
Apply best practice to poetry commissions and residencies.
£84.00 *
Tutor: Vik Shirley
Dive headfirst into Surrealism and learn to push your writing into strange new places.
£84.00 *
Tutor: Claire Collison
Explore a range of creative approaches to ekphrasis, with a focus on inclusive representation.
The Poetry School’s teaching year runs over three ‘terms’ – Autumn, Spring and Summer. Each term we offer around 40-50 courses and workshops that cater to a variety of levels, varying in length and subject matter. The course programme changes every term with more new courses, workshops and tutors, but often includes courses that run over three terms and popular repeats.
We offer both ‘classroom’ teaching (UK) and ‘virtual’ teaching (international). You can visit our In-Person Courses, Video Courses and Online Courses pages for more detailed information about course structures, process and what to expect.
Most of our courses and workshops accommodate writers with a wide range of experience, but some are specifically designed for beginners or more practicised poets.
Here are our definitions:
Our programme is developed around these three teaching levels, although we also offer many courses that are Open to all – courses aimed at all levels, often focusing on a specific theme or inspirational subject matter.
‘Literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm’ – OED
‘Poetry is a heightened imagistic use of language that does things to the heart and head’ – Grace Nichols
‘A made thing, a verbal construct, an event in language’ – Edward Hirsch
‘Poetry is memorable speech’ – W H Auden
‘Poetry does not explain life. It gives life to feeling and seeing’ – Sarah Stetie
‘Why, Sir, it is much easier to say what it is not’ – Samuel Johnson