Booking information

Duration: 10 weeks per term

Type: Course
Level: Intermediate
Location: London

Term 1

Start date: Wednesday 5th Oct 2011

Session times: Wednesdays 6.45-8.45pm

Cost:

Full cost:£125.00
60+:£100.00
Concs:£75.00

Term 2

Start date: Wednesday 11th Jan 2012

Session times: Wednesdays 6.45-8.45pm

Cost:

Full cost:£125.00
60+:£100.00
Concs:£75.00

Term 3

Start date: Wednesday 25th Apr 2012

Session times: Wednesdays 6.45-8.45pm

Cost:

Full cost:£125.00
60+:£100.00
Concs:£75.00

Face to face

Form & Content 2011/2012

If you know the basics of your craft and are ready to send your poems out into the world, this course is for you. It will concentrate on the relationship between form and content. Where do we find poetry? Is any topic out of bounds? How do we create the poetic ‘I’ and ‘you’? What can we learn from types of poem, such as the cut-up, ballad or pastoral, where form and content are closely linked?

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Tutor:

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Clare Pollard

About me: I have published three books of poetry, the latest of which 'Look, Clare! Look!' (Bloodaxe, 2005). I have won an Eric Gregory award and was named by the Independent as one of their Top 20 Writers Under 30. My play 'The Weather' (Faber, 2004) was performed at the Royal Court. I have been Managing Editor of The Idler and editor of the poetry journal Reactions, and had journalism published in The Guardian, The Independent, the TES, The Channel 4 Film website, Magma and London Magazine. I have also worked frequently on TV and radio, and my latest documentary 'My Male Muse' (2007) was a Radio 4 Pick of the Year. I teach for Arvon and the City Lit. -As a writer, I am very concerned with the idea of bearing witness to the times in which I live. My work has frequently engaged with contemporary concerns - from our confessional media culture in 'Bedtime' to climate change in 'The Weather' and globalisation in 'Look, Clare! Look!'

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The Poetry School has accessible parking with a front entrance drop-off point. The room used for classes is on ground level and there is adequate space for wheelchair users and an induction loop available upon request. There are fully equipped disabled toilets and an emergency assistance alarm is fitted. For further information please contact the office.

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