So Many Blood-Lakes: Ecological Nightmares Studio Private Course Group with 18 members How do we write about our fear of the natural world and its disasters?
Writing Carmen Private Group with 14 members This is a closed group for students who took part in the two-day Writing Carmen workshops at the Royal Opera House and the Poetry School.
The Decisive Moment Studio Private Course Group with 18 members Explore what matters to you most by mining moments of magnitude in your life
Aldeburgh Poetry Festival 2015 Private Group with 9 members Heading to the seaside this November? The Poetry School will be at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival from 6-8 November, enjoying a brilliant line up of readings and events. Come and find us on our Marketplace stand, where we’ll have a writing prompt Lucky Dip – a selection of miniature writing exercises from selected festival poets. Post your resultant poems here, along with any photos, reviews or other impressions of the Festival.
The Art of Memory: Poetry of the Past and Present Private Course Group with 15 members Investigate how poetry can engage with memory, both individual and collective, in order to reflect on the past and produce innovative work aiming towards the future.
The Zoo of the New: Writing Childhood and Family (Online International Course) Private Course Group with 14 members The poems and prompts on this course will inspire you to revisit your child-artist and recall moments that will catalyse future creative expression.
Living in a Different World: Poetry, Of, Through and After 1968 (International) Private Course Group with 6 members Radical readings and revolutionary spirit from 1968 – the year that shook the world
Word Power: Poetry and Ritual Private Course Group with 13 members Explore the ceremony in poetry and discover new processes of writing.
Fortnightly Feedback with Eric Berlin Private Group with 19 members Knock those loose poems into shape with some concentrated feedback Schedule: POEM SUBMISSION 1 = 21 MAY POEM SUBMISSION 2 = 4 JUNE POEM SUBMISSION 3 = 18 JUNE POEM SUBMISSION 4 = 2 JULY POEM SUBMISSION 5 = 23 JULY
Smears & Caresses: the Poetry of Abstract Art (International) Private Group with 14 members Create poems inspired by the most exciting art of the past century
Taboo: Saying the Unsaid Private Course Group with 14 members Confront forbidden topics through a literary lens
Transreading the Baltics Private Course Group with 12 members Opening up the under-recognised poetries of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia
At Risk: Going Somewhere Different in Poetry (Summer 2018) Private Course Group with 15 members How can poetry speak to us if it does not take risks, say something bold and new, make adventurous leaps with language and form?
Eternal Sunshine: The Elements of Poetic Language (Masterclass) Private Course Group with 14 members A lyrical look at feeling, forgetting, intuition, image, and seeing the world in a totally new way
Archiving Your Self Yourself: Quantified Self Studio Private Course Group with 18 members Archive, document and catalogue carefully selected moments of your life past, present and future
Each Thing’s a Thief: Memory, Theft and Tradition (International, Summer 2018) Private Course Group with 14 members Avoid plagiarism, but explore the creative activity of appropriation and “stealing”
More Life: Philosophy as Poetry (Summer 2018) Private Course Group with 15 members Use philosophical concepts to sharpen your poetry, and poetry to bring those concepts to life
Decolonising Translation: Poetry, Power, Relation, and Difference (Transreading) Private Course Group with 15 members If translation is a movement, who is permitted to cross?
The Opposite House: But we never go in that room! Private Course Group with 15 members Play congenial hosts to your psychoanalytical ‘opposites’
Thrill River Studio Private Course Group with 18 members A moving body, the veins of nature, the flow of life