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Break the Rules: Experimental & Playful Poetry

For young creatives, literary rebels, and experimental poets, these workshops challenge you to push the boundaries of poetry, embrace unconventional techniques, and play with form in exciting new ways. Ideal for experienced poets and alternative thinkers who are ready to break the rules and redefine poetry itself. Poems After Poems: Writing Ars Poetica – Leah…

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CLIMATE POETRY: Simon Armitage, ‘The Summit’

A collaboration between the University of Leeds Poetry Centre and the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures.

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Poetry for Change & Personal Growth: Writing in Crisis & Finding Your Voice

Poetry has the power to heal, resist, and transform. Whether you’re writing to navigate personal challenges, address global crises, or find an expressive outlet, our workshops provide the space, support, and expert guidance to help you craft the best poetic response. Lighting the World: Writing in Times of Crisis – Shazea Quraishi Explore how poetry…

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How to: Get your Poetry Published

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 Byrne on getting your poetry published. 1. How did you go about getting your first poem/pamphlet/collection published?…

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How to Write Poetry: Poetry as Translation and Transformation 

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 Carmen Bugan discussing the idea of poetry as translation and transformation.  1. Let’s start with Desert Island Poems….

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Freedom in Form: Challenge Your Poetry Boundaries

Are you ready to break free from traditional structures and explore the possibilities of poetry? Our Freedom in Form workshops are designed for poets who want to experiment, challenge conventions, and embrace forms of expression. This is your chance to redefine your creative process and take bold steps in your creative practice. With a focus…

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Food, Family & Poetry: Writing Memory Through the Senses 

Ready to explore the power of memory and sensory writing? Our Food, Family & Poetry workshops are designed for poets looking to connect deeply with history, storytelling and memory, exploring how the senses shape the stories we tell.   COURSES:  Around the Table: Writing about Food & Family with Romalyn Ante Explore how food and family…

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Poetry as Response: Transreading & Translating

For poets interested in translation, transreading, and poetic response, these workshops explore how poetry can be transformed, adapted, and reimagined across languages and cultures. Learn to engage with poetry in new and dynamic ways, responding to existing works with fresh interpretations.  Transitions, Translations, Transformations, Transreading – Carmen Bugan  Explore the interplay between reading, translation, and…

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Southbank Centre X Poetry School, New Poetrs Collective

Voice, Experimentation, and Legacy: Advanced Poetry Explorations

With our Southbank New Poets Collective Series of workshops.  

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Summer 2025 – Quick Course Guide

Poetry School Quick Course Guide for Summer 2025 Term

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New Poets Collective 2025 – Quick Course Guide

We are delighted to announce a new series of exciting zoom courses tutored by fresh voices from The New Poets Collective. Have a look at the below quick guide to this fantastic line up and make sure you book your place quickly to avoid disappointment! Video Courses Poetry & Divination: Generating Poems Through Ritual &…

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How to: Writing, across the Seasons

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 Tice Cin discussing how to write about Winter. 1. How does the winter season influence your poetry? Do…

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Poetry Queries: Can Poetry Be Taught? with Abbi Parcell

In this series, we interview our tutors about poetry queries. Here’s Abbi Parcell discussing the idea of whether poetry can be taught.

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Where to Submit Your Poetry

You’ve just completed a Poetry School course and have written and edited a few new poems, so what now? Here are some places to publish and submit your poetry. Submitting your poems to a magazine, journal, or press is the first step to sharing your work with an audience and building up a readership, which…

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Master Your Craft: Poetic Technique & Advanced Workshops  

Ready to take your poetry to the next level? Our Master Your Craft workshops are designed for poets who want to push past the basics and dive deep into advanced techniques. Whether you’re looking to sharpen your skills, experiment with new forms, or refine your voice, these courses offer the guidance and tools you need…

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End of Year Creative Push: Ancestors & Traditions

This winter, reconnect with your heritage through our End of Year Creative Push: Ancestors & Traditions courses. Designed for poets interested in honouring ancestral wisdom, cultural heritage, and poetic traditions, this series offers a reflective close to the year. Whether you’re drawn to Persian verse or Italian contemporary poetry, these courses invite you to enrich…

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How to: Take Criticism Well with Rebecca Levi

Expert Poetry Tutor Rebecca Levi’s guide on how to take criticism well.

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Poetry Queries: Can Poetry Be Taught? with lisa minerva luxx

In this series, we interview our tutors about poetry queries. Here’s lisa minerva luxx discussing the idea of whether poetry can be taught.

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How to: Feedback, Originality, & Ownership in Poetry Workshops with Matthew Caley (part 1)

Matthew Caley discusses the emotional aspect of receiving feedback.

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Push Your Boundaries: Experimental & Interdisciplinary Writing

Take your poetry beyond the page this winter with our Push Your Boundaries: Experimental & Interdisciplinary Writing courses. Designed for adventurous writers, these workshops offer a chance to explore the future of poetry through art, sound, and experimentation. If you’re eager to push the limits of your practice, these courses are for you. Interdisciplinary &…

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Winter Inspiration: Seasons of Verse

Embrace the shifting seasons in your poetry with our Winter Inspiration: Seasons of Verse courses. Designed to bring nature, myth, and introspection to your writing, these workshops are perfect for cozy autumn and winter evenings, where poets can dive into seasonal themes, environmental reflection, and reach the global through the personal. Each of these courses…

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Rachel Mann – T.S. Eliot Writers’ Notes

Welcome to our Writers’ Notes for the 2024 T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist. These are educational resources for poets looking to develop their practice and learn from some of contemporary poetry’s most exciting and accomplished voices. Here’s Rachel Mann on her collection Eleanor Among the Saints. My Writerly Practice? I write to figure out what I want to…

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Katrina Porteous – T.S. Eliot Writers’ Notes

Welcome to our Writers’ Notes for the 2024 T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist. These are educational resources for poets looking to develop their practice and learn from some of contemporary poetry’s most exciting and accomplished voices. Here’s Katrina Porteous on her collection Rhizodont. To an Unknown Poet… I feel rather shy about passing on ‘writing techniques and tips’….

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Raymond Antrobus – T.S. Eliot Writers’ Notes

Welcome to our Writers’ Notes for the 2024 T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist. These are educational resources for poets looking to develop their practice and learn from some of contemporary poetry’s most exciting and accomplished voices. Here’s Raymond Antrobus on his collection Signs, Music. I started writing Signs, Music the week I was told I was going to…

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Build Your Writing Community: The Art of the Workshop

This winter, join a warm, supportive space for poets with workshops designed for beginner, intermediate or advanced poets. This workshop series helps you refine your craft, find your authentic voice, and connect with other poets in a welcoming, collaborative environment.

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