A True Account of Talking to the Sun: The Poetry School’s Annual Summer School 2014
The Poetry School is out of the office. All the workshops and sessions in this year’s Summer School have a holiday theme. We asked our poet tutors to think about the difference between a tourist, a traveller and a resident. What happens when you can’t speak the lingo of your holiday destination, we asked them; is the best part of going away coming home? Though playful in approach, the week of activities they’ve invented provides in-depth and inspiring advice and guidance for new poems. Consider the effect that two weeks away from work has on you. Just one of our holiday workshops will have the same effect on your poems! Come to as many or as few sessions as you like – our Summer School is open for those who fancy a poetic mini-break as well as those who want the equivalent of a round the world cruise. At the end of the week, the Poetry School classrooms will be filled with notes, drafts, images and reflections from all the sessions, and everyone will be welcome to join the Poetry School holiday reps and your fellow travellers for a drink on the Friday night to celebrate. We’ll swap tales of tan lines and holiday romances, and give each other our holiday souvenirs.
Will Barrett (Poetry School)