New Poetry School programme in Bath & Bristol.
Book online at www.poetryschool.com or call 0207 582 1679 with a credit/debit card.
Poetry Writing
Tutor: David Briggs
Venue: Bath Central Library, 19 The Podium, Northgate St, Bath BA1 5AN
Day / Time: Thursdays, fortnightly, 7.15-9.45pm
Duration: 3 terms
Start Date/s: 15 Oct, 7 Jan, 29 Apr
Price: £62 (£48 concs) per term
Bring your new work, your evolving work and - especially - your problematic work to a dedicated surgery for a line-by-line diagnosis of its condition. You’ll circulate your poems to the group in advance, and will receive a number of detailed sessions of in-depth feedback on your work a term. Each session ends with writing exercises based on a range of contemporary poets’ work.
Writing Letter Poems
Tutor: Kate Clanchy
Venue: Bath Central Library, 19 The Podium, Northgate St, Bath BA1 5AN
Date: Saturday 10 October
Time: 10.30am-4.30pm
Price: £49 (£35 concs)
Explore one of poetry’s primary magical functions: to reach across time and space and talk to the dead and the lost. You’ll be reading some great ‘letter poems’, finding out about the constraints and delights of writing to, as well as about, a particular person; finally writing your own letters to the lost.
Rhythm and Reason: sharpen up your technique
Tutor: Daljit Nagra
Venue: Bath Central Library, 19 The Podium, Northgate St, Bath BA1 5AN
Date: Saturday 14 November
Time: 10.30am-4.30pm
Price: £49 (£35 concs)
Rhythm is the backbone of a poem. Through exercises and feedback, you’ll fillet classic and contemporary examples to gain a greater appreciation of the rhythmic strategies which are commonly used in English poetry. Some prior knowledge of traditional rhythms would be useful though not essential.
Animals and Myths: inspiration for your writing
Tutor: Pascale Petit
Venue: Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA
Date: Saturday 21 November
Time: 10.30am-4.30pm
rice: £49 (£35 concs)
If you’re looking to start new poems, find fresh source material and make fully sensed poems packed with vibrant imagery, Pascale will guide you across boundaries and in new directions.
Animal facts, animal spirits, and cosmological and personal myths are some of the visual and textual prompts she provides to help you write your own animal and myth poems.
Publishing your poetry
Tutor:
Carrie Etter
Venue: Bath Central Library, 19 The Podium, Northgate St, Bath BA1 5AN
Date: Saturday 20 February
Time: 10.30am-4.30pm
Price: £49 (£35 concs)
Do you have poems which are ready for publication? This lively workshop covers the basics of submission to magazines and takes you through the process of analyzing a magazine to determine its appropriateness for your own work. Please bring one copy of 10 of your poems, and a poetry magazine you like.
Linebreaks and Versebreaks: shaping the poem
Tutor: Mimi Khalvati
Venue: Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA
Date: Saturday 6 March
Time: 10.30am-4.30pm
Price: £49 (£35 concs)
What are the uses and functions of poetry’s linebreaks and versebreaks, and how can lineation dramatically alter the tone and very meaning of a poem? Mimi guides you through different styles of lineation, using examples from contemporary poets, both British and American. You’ll see your own writing through new eyes, and be excited by the possibilities of redrafting and scoring the voice of the poem. Suitable for beginners and beyond.
