The Lyrical Eye
Find poetry in everything as we explore the lyric form.
* This course will take place on the video-conferencing platform ZOOM *
Poetry is a powerful tool to gain clarity and articulate your soul. This workshop aims to equip students with a new way of seeing – to recognise the poetry in the everyday and to use this as a means for accessing, and communicating, your inner-most thoughts, feelings, and complexities.
Lyric poetry refers to a short poem, often with songlike qualities, that expresses the speaker’s personal emotions and feelings. In this workshop, students will produce their own non-narrative poetry in response to a curated soundtrack by the facilitator.
We will also engage with the work of Alysia Nicole Harris and Theressa Lola, as we see how the sensory informs the written and how surrealist abstract thought can be a path to emotional truth. Students will discover a newfound joy for the written word and a recognition that poetry can be found in everything.
1 x 2.5-hour session, running 6.30–9pm (BST), on 8 April 2025. This course will take place on the video-conferencing platform ZOOM.
To apply for a concession rate, please send relevant documentation showing your eligibility for one of our concessions to [email protected]. Conditions of eligibility are detailed here. More information about how our Video Courses work can be found on the Video Courses page. If you have any questions or wish to be added to the waiting list of a sold-out course, please email [email protected].
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About Pẹ̀lúmi Obasaju 
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Pẹ̀lúmi Obasaju is a Nigerian-British scientist and storyteller who brings poetry into the day to day. An experienced performer, she has been commissioned for several projects including an AR candle with New York-based Spoken Flames, the consecration of the first Black bishop of the Diocese of London, and the Royal African Society’s 120th anniversary gala. She was part of the 2022/23 Poetry Translation Centre UNDERTOW cohort, performing at Lagos International Poetry Festival 2023. Pẹ̀lúmi was also a part of The Southbank Centre New Poets Collective 2023/24 culminating in a presentation at the London Literature Festival 2024. In 2021, her self-published pamphlet, Love LETTERS & HEART Ramblings, debuted at number 3 on Amazon Christian Poetry leading to her opening for the UK leg of the world’s largest Christian spoken word tour in 2022. Her work has also appeared in Magma 86: Food. You can follow her on Instagram @beautyandprocess.
"The Poetry School and its courses have become my greatest (and most selfish) pleasure in life really. Interacting with the courses, tutors and fellow poets has really deepened my creative practice and it is wonderful to feel part of a global poetic community. I'll be back!"
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