Poetry School Articles
Judith Beveridge – Laurel Prize: Below the Surface
Welcome to our Below the Surface series for the 2025 Laurel Prize finalists. These pieces shine a light on the creative practice behind these outstanding collections and show how nature and the climate crisis impacted the authors’ processes. Here’s Judith Beveridge on her collection Tintinnabulum. I always write at home in a garage that I have…
Judith Beveridge
Writing After Rimbaud: How Reading the Greats Can Transform Your Poetry
Stav Poleg discusses how to take inspiration and influence from iconic writers such as Rimbaud and use it to elevate your own poetic craft. What drew you to writing in response to other poets’ work? Do you remember the first time you tried it? I’ve always considered the practice of writing as simultaneously an act…
Stav Poleg
Mastery & Momentum: Advanced Poetry Courses & Masterclasses
For poets ready to refine their craft, challenge their assumptions, and elevate their practice, these courses are rigorous, inspiring spaces to grow. With expert tutors, peer feedback, and a focus on form, innovation, and poetic theory, these courses are designed for serious writers seeking momentum, publication, and creative breakthroughs. Many courses are by application—see below…
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Poetry as Practice: Ritual, Care, & Craft
Poetry is more than art—it’s a practice of presence, healing, and deep attention. These courses explore poetry as a lived experience: a ritual, a response to crisis, a means of caring for self and others, and a space to reflect, remember, and restore. Whether you’re navigating grief, exploring care ethics, or weaving poetic ritual into…
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Form, Freedom, & Falling Leaves
Master the art of poetry this Autumn 2025. Explore sonnets, structured forms, advanced workshops, and peer feedback in expert-led online courses. Autumn is a season of structure and study. As the days shorten and routines return, it’s the perfect time to deepen your poetic practice. Whether you’re new to form or ready to refine your…
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How to: Write About Climate Crisis
In this series, we interview our tutors about poetry and its place in their world. These interviews will cover creative writing tips, excelling in a poetry workshop, building a literary career, and finding your poetic voice. Here’s Elizabeth Torres (Madam Neverstop) on how to write about climate crisis. How do you see poetry’s role in…
Elizabeth Torres (Madam Neverstop)
Beyond Representation: Supporting Global Majority Writers in a Demanding Literary Landscape
As part of our Poetry Craft series, Louisa Adjoa Parker discusses how to support global majority writers in a demanding literary landscape through poetry. What are some craft strategies you use to elevate personal or political content into work that also speaks artistically or universally? I am very much what I describe as an ‘intuitive…
Louisa Adjoa Parker
CLIMATE POETRY: Kate Simpson and James Ford, ‘Adaptation Gap’
Poets have long used their craft to reframe issues, convey emotion and share ideas, and climate change is an increasing feature of poetry shared across the world. To mark the launch of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures last year, our partners, the University of Leeds Poetry Centre, paired University of Leeds poets with Priestley Centre climate…
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Global Poetics: Transreading, Translation & the World in Verse
Poetry is borderless. Language flows across landscapes, cultures, and histories – and these courses celebrate that flow. From ekphrasis and multilingual writing to translation as transformation, these courses invite you to write beyond the boundaries of nation, genre, and tongue. Whether you’re translating visual art, echoing ancestral voices, or remixing texts from other cultures, these…
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How to: Deal With Rejection
In this series, we interview our tutors about poetry and its place in their world. These interviews will cover creative writing tips, excelling in a poetry workshop, building a literary career, and finding your poetic voice. Here’s Rachel Bower on how to deal with rejection. Can you share an experience where you faced rejection of…
Rachel Bower
Writing Through the Turning Year: Seasonal Poetry Courses for Autumn and Beyond
As the light wanes and the air grows crisp, now is the time to reflect, regenerate, and root down into poetic practice. Whether you’re seeking mythic inspiration, ecological insight, or a shift in creative energy, these autumn-ready poetry courses will ignite your imagination and carry you into the darker months with purpose. These seasonal poetry…
Jasmine Ward
Five Women Poets You Should Be Reading Right Now
Clare Pollard who teaches our popular course Learning from Female Poets recommends her top five women poets you should be reading right now. 1. One contemporary woman poet. I’m reading Diane Seuss’ Modern Poetry at the moment and absolutely loving it. It’s the sort of poetry that makes me jealous. I read a couple of…
Clare Pollard
Autumn 2025 – Quick Course Guide
Our Autumn Term is now live! We have a whole host of brilliant tutors and poetry courses ready for you to pick from and, as they tend to sell out really fast, we’ve made this Autumn 2025 Quick Course Guide to help guide you to the right course. Online Courses INTERNATIONAL Online courses without Live…
Beth Evans (Poetry School)
Feedback, Originality, & Ownership in Poetry Workshops with Matthew Caley (part 2)
In this series, we interview our tutors about poetry and its place in their world. These interviews will cover creative writing tips, excelling in a poetry workshop, building a literary career, and finding your poetic voice. Here’s part 2 of Matthew Caley discussing feedback, originality & ownership in workshops. You can read part 1 of…
Matthew Caley
How to Improve Your Poetry: Writing about Good Things: Delight, Joy, Happiness
In this series, we interview our tutors about poetry and its place in their world. These interviews will cover creative writing tips, excelling in a poetry workshop, building a literary career, and finding your poetic voice. Here’s Ellene Glenn Moore on writing about delight, joy and happiness. Why is there so much poetry about misery…
Ellene Glenn Moore
How to: Write a Sonnet
In this series, we interview our tutors about poetry and its place in their world. These interviews will cover creative writing tips, excelling in a poetry workshop, building a literary career, and finding your poetic voice. Here’s James Davies on how to write a sonnet. To write a sonnet, start with a clear theme or…
James Davies
CLIMATE POETRY: John Whale and Lone Sorenson, ‘Jizz’
Poets have long used their craft to reframe issues, convey emotion and share ideas, and climate change is an increasing feature of poetry shared across the world. To mark the launch of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures last year, our partners, the University of Leeds Poetry Centre, paired University of Leeds poets with Priestley Centre climate…
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How Cinema Can Improve Your Writing
In this series, we interview our tutors about poetry and its place in their world. These interviews will cover creative writing tips, excelling in a poetry workshop, building a literary career, and finding your poetic voice. Here’s Simon Barraclough on how cinema can inspire and improve your writing. Simon will be teaching Jaws at 50…
Simon Barraclough
MA in Writing Poetry Alumni Profiles
Meet our MA in Writing Poetry Graduates, hear their stories and check out their achievements. Applications for the MA in Writing Poetry, accredited by Newcastle University, are currently open for academic year 2026/27. You can find more information about the course on our accrediting university’s admissions page. Click here for details of how to apply…
Tessa Foley
Sensorial Poetry: Exploring Voice, Performance & the Body
Ready to take your poetry off the page and onto the stage? Our Sensorial Poetry workshops are designed for performance poets, spoken word artists, and experimental writers who want to explore the physical and vocal aspects of poetry. These courses are perfect for those seeking to connect deeply with their audience through the power of…
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‘On the cusp of daydream’; Roshni Gallagher reviews ‘Collected Poems’ by Mimi Khalvati
Roshni Gallagher Explores Light, Love, Language and the Self in Collected Poems by Mimi Khalvati. Mimi Khalvati is a poet of light, love, absence, and the many facets of self. Her various collections span from In White Ink, published by Carcanet in 1991, to her 2019 collection Afterwardness. The publication of this Collected Poems comes…
Roshni Gallagher
How to Write Poetry: Can Poetry Help Us Explore Queerness?
In this series, we interview our tutors about poetry and its place in their world. These interviews will cover creative writing tips, excelling in a poetry workshop, building a literary career, and finding your poetic voice. Here’s Kat Dixon on how poetry can help us explore queerness. Kat will be running her course Queer Objects:…
Kat Dixon
Master Your Poetry: Advanced Writing Workshops
Ready to take your poetry to the next level? Our Master Your Poetry workshops are designed for experienced poets who are looking to refine their craft and push the boundaries of their writing. With a focus on advanced skills and personalised feedback, these workshops provide a unique opportunity to work closely with experienced instructors who…
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Poetry in Motion: Writing with Playfulness & Flexibility
For poets who love to experiment with form, play with poetic structures, and push creative boundaries, our Poetry in Motion courses will introduce you to new methods, experimental techniques, and fresh approaches to modern poetry. These workshops are perfect for poets who want to embrace flexibility, challenge traditional forms, and have fun with their writing. …
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How to Improve Your Poetry: Poetry as a Revolution of Language
In this series, we interview our tutors about poetry and its place in their world. These interviews will cover creative writing tips, excelling in a poetry workshop, building a literary career, and finding your poetic voice. Here’s Rebecca Levi on poetry as a revolution of language. Rebecca is running The Poetics of Latin American Resistance:…
Rebecca Levi