Explore the unconventional in this workshop inspired by one of cinema’s most-influential directors.


For more information and FAQs about how our courses work, please go to our In-Person Courses, Video Courses and Online Courses pages.
Explore the unconventional in this workshop inspired by one of cinema’s most-influential directors.
All you need is love – and this course exploring different approaches from Shakespearean sonnets to Richard Curtis scripts.
Spark new ideas and develop the tools to transform your poetry into works of art.
Pull the strings on your own narrative sequence as we read, and revel in, contemporary poets innovating the form.
Our weekly workshop for intermediate poets looking to develop their work.
Think mushroom thoughts and write a world springing back into life.
An exciting new advanced workshop group with the innovative Astrid Alben.
Giving your poetic body a physical presence.
Consider what best practice might look like and explore different approaches to work-life balance as a poetry professional.
Learn how different networks can open up possibilities for your ideas and work to spread over multiple platforms, transforming into revenue streams.
Explore the poetic dimensions of avantgarde theatre and discover new possibilities at the intersection of poem and play.
Join Gboyega and Cai for this course exploring and expanding your minds through poetry that parties.
Unpack the complexities of building a successful public profile, or shop front, for your creative endeavours.
Poetry can often be framed as a solitary process – but connection, support, and collectivity are vital.
Explore the financial side of life as a working poet, under the expert guidance of published poet and freelance financial journalist, Emma Simon.
Consider what professional support poets need to develop our creative practice and easily complete the ‘work around the work’.
In-depth 1-2-1 discussion on your poetry with Meryl Pugh.
The pamphlet process, demystified: from putting your first chapbook together to choosing a publisher and how to approach editors.
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