Groups

An open group for people to share and discuss their poetry reading. What collections, pamphlets, anthologies and criticism are you reading – give us your reviews and recommendations.

13 Oct –  Assignment 1 (AS1) set
20 Oct – AS1 Submission & AS2 set
27 Oct – Feedback for AS1, AS2 Submission & AS3 set
3 Nov – Feedback for AS2, AS3 Submission & AS4 set
10 Nov – Feedback for AS3, AS4 Submission
17 Nov – Feedback for AS4, Course end

This is a group for students enrolled on the Poetry School’s MA in Writing Poetry in partnership with Newcastle University, 2025/27 – Tuesday Cohort.

NB students: When posting your poems for workshop, please ensure that the filename includes your name and the title of the poem.
Please also include your name on the page of the document.

According to Jean Cocteau, ‘The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.’ This course considers the various ways in which poems manipulate the truth in order to tell it. Drawing on a range of contemporary examples, we’ll look closely at how poets use invention, suggestion, embellishment and surprise to get the effects they’re after, and you’ll be investigating some of these tactics in your own writing. We’ll also consider what poems conceal and the power of silence – what happens in the crucial white space, and how does the poem’s relationship with form affect the way we read it? There’ll be regular writing exercises and you’ll be encouraged to think about your own decisions, particularly when reworking and editing your poems.

Three lines, syllable counting, nature, Zen. Now, we’ve got those crusty preconceptions and outdated rules out of the way we can take a fresh look at English language haiku in the light of contemporary Western practice. On this intensive 3 week writing course we will re-visit the most misunderstood of all the poetic forms – the haiku – looking at work by experienced practitioners in the UK and USA. We will then practice some techniques that contribute towards making the ordinary extraordinary, writing our own small epiphanies, tiny elegies and snapshots from our daily lives that are charged with clarity, emotion and humour. We will also be setting both our pens and as well as our bodies in motion, as we follow in the footsteps of Basho and compose our haiku while walking, taking advantage of the dramatic changes of the autumn season.

Manipulate new meanings with cutting, folding, and chance encounters

22 Jan – Course start & Assignment 1 set
29 Jan – Assignment 1 Deadline
05 Feb – Feedback 1 & Assignment 2 set
12 Feb – Assignment 2 Deadline
19 Feb – Feedback 2 & Assignment 3 set
26 Feb – Assignment 3 Deadline
05 Mar – Feedback 3 & Assignment 4 set
12 Mar – Assignment 4 Deadline
19 Mar – Feedback 4 & Assignment 5 set
26 Mar – Assignment 5 Deadline
02 Apr – Feedback 5 & Course End

19 Jan – Course start & Assignment 1 set
26-Jan – Assignment 1 deadline
2-Feb – Assignment 2 set
9-Feb – Assignment 2 deadline
16-Feb – Assignment 3 set
23-Feb – Assignment 3 deadline
2-Mar – Assignment 4 set
9-Mar – Assignment 4 deadline
16-Mar – Assignment 5 set
23-Mar – Assignment 5 deadline
30-Mar – course end

11 Feb –  Assignment 1 (AS1) set
18 Feb – AS1 Submission & AS2 set
25 Feb – AS2 Submission & AS3 set
4 Mar – AS3 Submission & AS4 set
11 Mar – AS4 Submission
18 Mar – Course end

6 Oct – Assignment 1 (AS1) set
13 Oct – AS1 Submission, AS2 Set
20 Oct – Feedback for AS1, AS2 Submission, AS3 Set
27 Oct – Feedback for AS2
3 Nov – AS3 Submission
5 Nov – Feedback for AS3, Course End

12 May – Course start & Assignment 1 set
19 May – Assignment 1 deadline
26 May– Assignment 2 set
2 Jun– Assignment 2 deadline
9 Jun – Assignment 3 set
16 Jun – Assignment 3 deadline
23 Jun – Assignment 4 set
30 Jun– Assignment 4 deadline
7 Jul – Assignment 5 set
14 Jul – Assignment 5 deadline
21 Jul– course end

15 May – Course start & Assignment 1 set
22 May – Assignment 1 deadline
29 May – Feedback 1 & Assignment 2 set
5 Jun – Assignment 2 deadline
12 Jun – Feedback 2 & Assignment 3 set
19 Jun – Assignment 3 deadline
26 Jun – Feedback 3 & Assignment 4 set
3 Jul – Assignment 4 deadline
10 Jul – Feedback 4 & Assignment 5 set
17 Jul – Assignment 5 deadline
24 Jul – Feedback 5 & course end

WEDNESDAYS 6.45pm-8.45pm (GMT)
21 Jan
28 Jan
4 Feb
11 Feb
18 Feb
25 Feb
4 Mar
11 Mar
18 Mar
25 Mar

23 Jan – Assignment 1 (AS1) set
30 Jan – AS1 Submission
6 Feb – Feedback for AS1, AS2 set
13 Feb – AS2 Submission
20 Feb – Feedback for AS2, AS3 set
27 Feb – AS3 Submission
6 Mar – Feedback for AS3, AS4 set
13 Mar – AS4 Submission
20 Mar – Feedback for AS4, AS5 set
27 Mar – AS5 Submission
3 Apr – Feedback for AS5, Course End

This is a group for students enrolled on the Poetry School’s MA in Writing Poetry in partnership with Newcastle University, 2024/26 – Wednesday Cohort (B).

NB students: When posting your poems for workshop, please put your name both on your poem and in the file name.

This is a space for peer-to-peer feedback where you can share the poems that you’ve written from the course.

Tell us about your own poetry news – what events are you planning, which magazine has just accepted your poem, what competitions are you entering? We love to know what Poetry School students and friends are up to – this a place for you to blow your own trumpets!

Interesting poetical tidbits from across the web.

A audio-visual poetry place for filmpoems, vlogs, video performances, solo recordings, radio documentaries, and more.

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