Poetry Articles

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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Ignite Change Through Poetry: Spring Workshops for the Next Generation of Writers

In a world grappling with crises from east to west, the power of the written word becomes more urgent than ever.

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Swallowed Tongues, Quietening Forests

Roshni Gallagher Explores Language, Meaning, Mistranslation and Environmental Crisis in Khairani Barokka’s ‘amuk’.

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Poetry Craft: My Favourite Poetic Device with Simon Barraclough

Simon Barraclough discusses his favourite poetic device.

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Fruitful Connections Between Race and Ecology; Jade Cuttle reviews ‘Thinking with Trees’ by Jason Allen-Paisant

Jade Cuttle reviews Jason Allen-Paisant’s collection ‘Thinking with Trees’.

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How to: Offer Feedback

Expert Poetry Tutor Elizabeth Parker’s guide on how to offer feedback.

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Poetry Queries: Can Poetry Be Taught? with Sascha Akhtar

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

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Spring 2025 – Quick Course Guide

Poetry School Quick Course Guide Spring 2025

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Poetry Craft: My Favourite Poetic Device with Eve Grubin

Eve Grubin discusses her favourite poetic device.

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How to: Taking Criticism Well 

Expert Poetry Tutor Natalie Whittaker’s guide on receiving criticism constructively!

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‘Street Sauntering’ by Suzannah V. Evans — a blog on Flâneur-ing About: The Poetry of Streets

Suzannah V. Evans explains how her new course: ‘Flâneur-ing About: The Poetry of Streets‘ will help you write poetry as you meander through cities. I have an urge to begin this blog mid-sentence, perhaps with the word ‘So’ or ‘Alors’, its French equivalent, because then I could imagine the sentence appearing suddenly out from behind…

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