Poetry Fundamentals - A Seven-Week Course Taught by the North Sea Poets

Beginning in Poetry is a series of seven classes, delivered weekly by members of the NSP Collective. 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. 

This workshop series is suitable for both experienced and emerging writers.

Week 4: 13th May 2025 7:30-9:30pm

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.  To get there, you need to battle your way through many, many thousands of mediocre poems.  The trick is to know the difference.  That takes a lot of practice: it’s a long apprenticeship to become someone who can write a poem that a stranger might want to read. As well as talent, a good ear, humility and a sense of vocation – a poet have a living and growing anthology inside them, whispering…