Face to face

Apart from building a ‘set’ for performance, or a body of work for publication, the poet’s work moves forward one poem at a time. But a poem is small lens through which to view one’s own writing development. In a supportive and creative atmosphere, this course will open up new possibilities by experimenting with content, form and voice to help you recognise/celebrate/expand your existing expectations, styles and habits. Through workshop activities we will respond to contemporary poets such as Atwood, Transtromer, Les Murray, Elizabeth Bishop as well as poets such as John Gay, Robbie Burns, Rabindranath Tagore, Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes and Emily Dickinson. We will read and write poems-of-witness, poems of the everyday; poetry of the surreal and sensuous. The aim is to generate new poems, whilst broadening your scope as a poet. Join us in ‘Beyond the Poem’ and surprise yourself!

N.B. The venue for this course has changed since the Autumn brochure went to press. Sessions will now take place at the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama at The University of Manchester.