Poetry Fundamentals -
A Seven-Week Course Taught by the North Sea Poets
A series of seven classes delivered weekly by members of the North Sea Poets. Classes will run between 90 minutes and two hours long, and students will have an opportunity to directly interact with the tutor through a Q&A at the end of the session.
To Book:
To book a place and read a complete description of the course, click on the Buy Tickets button in the first box below, dated 22nd April. Bookings can only be made through the first date, and your ticket gives you access to all seven workshops.
The Classes
Multiple DatesTue, 22 AprWebinarA series of seven classes, each one delivered weekly by a different member of North Sea Poets. Classes will run between 90 minutes and two hours long, and students will have an opportunity to directly interact with the tutor through a brief Q&A at the end of the session.- Multiple DatesTue, 29 AprWebinarWeek 2 - Niall Campbell: The Point of the Mask is Not the Mask | Charles Wright in his poem ‘Chickamauga’ writes: ‘The point of the mask is not the mask but the face underneath.’ The mask, in its own way, can be revealing.
- Multiple DatesTue, 06 MayWebinarWeek 3 - Karen Solie: ‘I Can't Tell You What I Mean’: Writing Uncertainty | Language is a system for conveying meaning. But how might we begin to address experiences and ideas whose meanings, even to us, are less than clear?
- Multiple DatesTue, 13 MayWebinarWeek 4 - Lisa Brockwell: Reading to Write | Your lifelong apprenticeship to poetry starts with your internal library. The quickest way to write a half decent poem is to read a thousand great ones.
- Multiple DatesTue, 20 MayWebinarWeek 5 - John Glenday: Behind. Before. Above. Between. Below. | In this online antidote to the empty page, John will explore the hinterland of the imagination, using Donne’s five dimensions of desire as a template.
- Multiple DatesTue, 27 MayWebinarWeek 6 - Lesley Harrison: Writing Home | Drawing on work from several contemporary poets, this session will examine ways in which we map ourselves onto a landscape. Is 'home' always that place we define and complete?
- Multiple DatesTue, 03 JunWebinarWeek 7 - Kathleen Jamie: The Joy of Drafting | Using a new poem of her own, complete with all its drafts, Kathleen will demonstrate the process of writing a poem from start to finish. Beginning with the initial idea, she’ll ask – what is inspiration, anyway?
Week 1 – Don Paterson: What’s a Poem Anyway?
This introductory workshop will take a deep breath then a deeper dive into a place that poets often leave curiously unexplored: what is a poem?
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