Poetry Courses • Poetry School

£195.00 *

Tutor: Chrissy Williams

Writing After David Lynch

A week-by-week exploration of Lynch’s films as a source of poetic inspiration.

Start Date: October 12, 2021 7pm
End Date: December 14, 2021 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

Experiments in Transatlantic Translation

£84.00 *

Tutor: Zoe Skoulding

Experiments in Transatlantic Translation

Consider how poetry in English can refract other languages and explore the Atlantic as a space of exchange and translation.

Start Date: December 4, 2021 10.30am
End Date: December 11, 2021 ( 8 Days )
Type: Video

£118.00 *

Tutor: Sarah Fletcher

The Poetry of Pain

Create your personal pain-language and find healing through poetry.

Start Date: January 11, 2022 7pm
End Date: March 8, 2022 ( 57 Days )
Type: Video

The Bright Field: Poetries of Personal Faith

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Tutor: Kathryn Simmonds

The Bright Field: Poetries of Personal Faith

How can we write poems of genuine faith in an increasingly disingenuous world?

Start Date: January 11, 2022
End Date: April 5, 2022 ( 85 Days )
Type: Online

Advanced Poetry Workshop with Astrid Alben (Spring 2022)

£195.00 *

Tutor: Astrid Alben

Advanced Poetry Workshop with Astrid Alben (Spring 2022)

An exciting new advanced workshop group with the innovative Astrid Alben.

Start Date: January 11, 2022 6.45pm
End Date: March 15, 2022 ( 64 Days )
Type: In-person • Location: Poetry School, London

Beyond Words: Transreading Experimental Latin American Poetries

£118.00 *

Tutor: Leonardo Boix

Beyond Words: Transreading Experimental Latin American Poetries

Explore the dynamic world of 20th Century Latinx poetry as inspiration for new poems and translations of your own.

Start Date: January 11, 2022
End Date: March 22, 2022 ( 71 Days )
Type: Online

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Tutor: Richard Georges

Echoing Forms: Masterclass

Use choruses, repetition, and other techniques to create echoes and resonances that amplify.

Start Date: January 12, 2022
End Date: April 6, 2022 ( 85 Days )
Type: Online

Exercises in Potential Literature: Transreading Oulipo

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Tutor: Sue Burge

Exercises in Potential Literature: Transreading Oulipo

Explore Oulipean constraints to shake up your writing practice.

Start Date: January 12, 2022
End Date: March 23, 2022 ( 71 Days )
Type: Online

Wednesday Workshop with Tim Dooley (Spring 2022)

£195.00 *

Tutor: Tim Dooley

Wednesday Workshop with Tim Dooley (Spring 2022)

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

Start Date: January 12, 2022 2pm
End Date: March 23, 2022 ( 71 Days )
Type: In-person • Location: Poetry School, London

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Tutor: Rhys Trimble

Bardics: A Poetics of Shamanism

Explore Shamanic poetic practices to learn how to bring the Bardic into your writing.

Start Date: January 12, 2022
End Date: March 23, 2022 ( 71 Days )
Type: Online

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Tutor: Emma Bolland

Expanded Screenwriting as Poem Form

Experiment with the possibilities of screenwriting and scripts as a form for your poetry.

Start Date: January 14, 2022
End Date: March 25, 2022 ( 71 Days )
Type: Online

Intermediate Poetry Workshop with Tim Dooley (Spring 2022)

£195.00 *

Tutor: Tim Dooley

Intermediate Poetry Workshop with Tim Dooley (Spring 2022)

Our weekly workshop for intermediate poets looking to develop their work.

Start Date: January 14, 2022 2pm
End Date: March 25, 2022 ( 71 Days )
Type: Video

'This peculiarly mind-entangling beat': Ritual, Magic, & Mythology

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Tutor: Sascha Akhtar

'This peculiarly mind-entangling beat': Ritual, Magic, & Mythology

Explore poetry’s origins in oral magic and myth to begin groundwork for your own grimoire.

Start Date: January 14, 2022
End Date: April 8, 2022 ( 85 Days )
Type: Online

'Let my poems wash away your treachery': Transreading Georgian Poetry

£118.00 *

Tutor: Rebecca Ruth Gould

'Let my poems wash away your treachery': Transreading Georgian Poetry

Dive into the unexplored world of Georgian modernism and learn how these writers forged poetry from political oppression.

Start Date: January 17, 2022
End Date: March 28, 2022 ( 71 Days )
Type: Online

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Tutor: Jodie Hollander

Reading & Writing Robert Frost

Closely examine the work of Robert Frost to take inspiration from one of poetry’s true masters.

Start Date: January 17, 2022
End Date: March 28, 2022 ( 71 Days )
Type: Online

A Slice of Butterworth-Toast: Writing Poems for Children

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Tutor: Rachel Piercey

A Slice of Butterworth-Toast: Writing Poems for Children

Write new poems for children, inspired by Charles Causley.

Start Date: January 17, 2022
End Date: March 28, 2022 ( 71 Days )
Type: Online

Fortnightly Feedback with Shivanee Ramlochan

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Tutor: Shivanee Ramlochan

Fortnightly Feedback with Shivanee Ramlochan

Knock your loose poems into shape with some concentrated feedback from poet and essayist, Shivanee Ramlochan.

Start Date: January 17, 2022
End Date: April 4, 2022 ( 78 Days )
Type: Online

Writing About Writing: What Am I Doing Here?

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Tutor: Lily Blacksell

Writing About Writing: What Am I Doing Here?

Reveal your hand, show your face, and rise from your poems’ surfaces to ask what you’re doing, and why?

Start Date: January 17, 2022
End Date: March 28, 2022 ( 71 Days )
Type: Online

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Tutor: Caleb Parkin

Thingly Power: (In)Animate Studio

Discover your sensuous side and write poems exploring the radiant materiality of curious objects

Start Date: January 17, 2022
End Date: February 14, 2022 ( 29 Days )
Type: Online

£195.00 *

Tutor: Shazea Quraishi

The Poet’s Toolkit (Spring 2022)

Hone your craft, explore poetry’s inner workings, and look at techniques to help your poems achieve lift-off.

Start Date: January 17, 2022 6.45pm
End Date: March 21, 2022 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

£195.00 *

Tutor: Wayne Holloway-Smith

What Next? (Spring 2022)

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

Start Date: January 17, 2022 6.45pm
End Date: March 21, 2022 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

Advanced Poetry Workshop with Anthony Anaxagorou (Spring 2022)

£195.00 *

Tutor: Anthony Anaxagorou

Advanced Poetry Workshop with Anthony Anaxagorou (Spring 2022)

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

Start Date: January 17, 2022 2pm
End Date: March 21, 2022 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

£195.00 *

Tutor: Wayne Holloway-Smith

What Now? (Intermediate, Spring 2022)

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

Start Date: January 18, 2022 6.45pm
End Date: March 22, 2022 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

£118.00 *

Tutor: Rebecca Levi

Poetry That Sings

Let music and its principles spark new ideas and help your writing sing, dance, and find its rhythm.

Start Date: January 18, 2022 7pm
End Date: March 15, 2022 ( 57 Days )
Type: Video

Transreading Ukrainian Poetry: ‘a crimson bush amidst silence’

£118.00 *

Tutor: Steve Komarnyckyj

Transreading Ukrainian Poetry: ‘a crimson bush amidst silence’

Explore one of the world's greatest neglected literatures with expert Steve Komarnyckyj.

Start Date: January 19, 2022
End Date: March 30, 2022 ( 71 Days )
Type: Online

Location, Location, Location: Countries of the Mind

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Tutor: Catherine Smith

Location, Location, Location: Countries of the Mind

Develop your own ‘poetry of place’ as we explore the poetic possibilities of, real and imaginary, locations.

Start Date: January 19, 2022
End Date: March 30, 2022 ( 71 Days )
Type: Online

£195.00 *

Tutor: Jacqueline Saphra

Creative Constraint (Spring 2022)

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

Start Date: January 19, 2022 6.45pm
End Date: March 23, 2022 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

Advanced Poetry Workshop with Mark Waldron (Spring 2022)

£195.00 *

Tutor: Mark Waldron

Advanced Poetry Workshop with Mark Waldron (Spring 2022)

An advanced weekly workshop group with the inimitable Mark Waldron.

Start Date: January 19, 2022 6.45pm
End Date: March 23, 2022 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

'What will I do now, with my hands?' – Writing Queer Sex

£118.00 *

Tutor: Remi Graves

'What will I do now, with my hands?' – Writing Queer Sex

Learn to write directly, imaginatively, tenderly, and fearlessly about the different shapes, tastes, and textures of queer sex.

Start Date: January 19, 2022
End Date: March 30, 2022 ( 71 Days )
Type: Online

Live Wires: Starting to Write (Spring 2022)

£195.00 *

Tutor: Becky Varley-Winter

Live Wires: Starting to Write (Spring 2022)

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

Start Date: January 20, 2022 6.45pm
End Date: March 24, 2022 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

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Tutor: Gboyega Odubanjo & Cai Draper

Forms of Family

Consider what it means to write about family, as we experiment with different ways to approach this sometimes-thorny topic.

Start Date: January 20, 2022
End Date: March 31, 2022 ( 71 Days )
Type: Online

Writing Emotion: Contemporary Confessional Poetry

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Tutor: Rebecca Tamás

Writing Emotion: Contemporary Confessional Poetry

Explore the beautiful, ugly, messy, and raw world of emotion as inspiration for important new poems.

Start Date: January 20, 2022
End Date: April 14, 2022 ( 85 Days )
Type: Online

(Im)Perfectly Formed: Writing about the Body

£118.00 *

Tutor: Lewis Buxton

(Im)Perfectly Formed: Writing about the Body

Learn how different poetic forms can shape writing about bodies.

Start Date: January 20, 2022 7pm
End Date: March 17, 2022 ( 57 Days )
Type: Video

Advanced Poetry Workshop with Richard Price (Spring 2022)

£195.00 *

Tutor: Richard Price

Advanced Poetry Workshop with Richard Price (Spring 2022)

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

Start Date: January 21, 2022 11am
End Date: March 25, 2022 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

Persian Poetry Through the Ages: From Rumi & Hafez to Forough Farrokhzad & Kaveh Akbar

£118.00 *

Tutor: Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Persian Poetry Through the Ages: From Rumi & Hafez to Forough Farrokhzad & Kaveh Akbar

Take inspiration from a poetic tradition filled with imaginative verse and spanning more than eight centuries.

Start Date: January 21, 2022
End Date: April 1, 2022 ( 71 Days )
Type: Online

£118.00 *

Tutor: Shazea Quraishi

Poetry Vs. Prose

Interrogate your personal poetics and generate new writing as we explore the differences (and similarities) between poetry and prose.

Start Date: January 23, 2022 3–5pm
End Date: March 20, 2022 ( 57 Days )
Type: Video

Saturday Sessions with Ros Barber (Spring 2022)

£190.00 *

Tutor: Ros Barber

Saturday Sessions with Ros Barber (Spring 2022)

Monthly all-day Saturday workshops with Ros Barber.

Start Date: January 29, 2022 10.30am
End Date: March 26, 2022 ( 57 Days )
Type: In-person • Location: Poetry School, London

£84.00 *

Tutor: Nisha Ramayya

A Sci-Fi Enterprise of Social Poetics

Push beyond your earthly limits as we explore the social poetics of Sci-Fi.

Start Date: January 29, 2022 10.30am
End Date: February 19, 2022 ( 22 Days )
Type: Video

Swerve: Surprise, Errancy, & Unexpected Turns

£84.00 *

Tutor: Genevieve Stevens

Swerve: Surprise, Errancy, & Unexpected Turns

Explore errancy and try out some dangerous driving in your poetry.

Start Date: February 12, 2022 10.30am–1pm
End Date: March 5, 2022 ( 22 Days )
Type: Video

Carnival & the Masks of Bacchanal Studio+

£108.00 *

Tutor: Fawzia Kane

Carnival & the Masks of Bacchanal Studio+

Displace poetic hierarchies and revel in hedonistic Carnival-style freedom in your poetry.

Start Date: February 15, 2022
End Date: March 22, 2022 ( 36 Days )
Type: Online

£100.00

Tutor: Leah Umansky

Poetry Surgery with Leah Umansky

In-depth 1-2-1 discussion on your poetry with Leah Umansky.

Start Date: February 20, 2022 2pm
End Date: February 20, 2022 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

Poetry of the Menopause: Pause & Refresh

£84.00 *

Tutor: Katrina Naomi

Poetry of the Menopause: Pause & Refresh

Join us for a workshop on poetry of the menopause, where we'll read and write poems exploring how our bodies change – the losses and the gains.

Start Date: February 26, 2022 10.30am
End Date: February 26, 2022 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

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Tutor: Danne Jobin

The Cut & Paste Studio

Explore poetry and collage to expand your practice and open up new avenues for mixed-media writing.

Start Date: February 28, 2022
End Date: March 28, 2022 ( 29 Days )
Type: Online

Writing the Holocaust: Memory, Ethics, & the Limits of Imagination Studio+

£108.00 *

Tutor: Anna Veprinska

Writing the Holocaust: Memory, Ethics, & the Limits of Imagination Studio+

Consider how we might ethically approach the Holocaust in our writing and what it means to write this topic today.

Start Date: March 1, 2022
End Date: April 5, 2022 ( 36 Days )
Type: Online

£84.00 *

Tutor: Eleanor Penny

Apocalypse & Myth

With a new apocalypse seemingly around every corner, how can we make sense of the present moment in our writing?

Start Date: March 5, 2022 10.30am–1pm
End Date: March 12, 2022 ( 8 Days )
Type: Video

£84.00 *

Tutor: Jack Underwood

The Uncertainty Principle

Learn to trust your readers and feel certain in poetic uncertainty.

Start Date: March 12, 2022 10.30am
End Date: March 12, 2022 ( 1 Day )
Type: In-person • Location: Poetry School, London

£100.00

Tutor: Mina Gorji

Poetry Surgery with Mina Gorji

In-depth 1-2-1 discussion on your poetry with Mina Gorji.

Start Date: March 31, 2022 10.30am
End Date: March 31, 2022 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

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