Poetry Studio

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Poetry Studio

Mondays 6-9pm BST (monthly), Online

The Poetry Studio is a hospitable online space for new and experienced poets to come together to read poems in English and in translation, to inspire writing in session. 

Informal discussion on a theme provides an opportunity to reflect on individual poetics, and structured writing exercises are designed to seed new poems.

Focussing on the experience in the moment — creative process rather than product — there is no element of critique. Sessions take place on Zoom and last three hours with short breaks. Places are limited, to keep the group small.

You will come away having experienced poems by poets familiar and new from around the world, as well as:

— the beginnings of 2-3 new poems
— takeaways for further reading and writing
— strategies to develop your work further

Booking & more information via Eventbrite

Featured
POETRY STUDIO: Home Place
Aug 18
POETRY STUDIO: Home Place

Join us as we read and write poems about home and place.

Book here

PS Workshop Group August
Aug 26
PS Workshop Group August

PS Workshop Group

This intimate monthly group offers an encouraging space to develop your poetry. Sessions include feedback on your poems-in-progress alongside conversation around contemporary poetry and next steps for you and your work.

Spring/Summer term [Feb-Jun] @ £180 for 5 sessions. Dates: Feb 25, March 25, April 22, May 27, Jun 24

Places are limited @ 4-8 poets to keep the group small.

For booking contact Shazea

POETRY STUDIO: Ars Poetica
Sep 8
POETRY STUDIO: Ars Poetica

Join us as we read and write poems about home and place.

Book here

Studio Workshop Group

Tuesdays 6:30-9pm GMT (monthly), Online or In Person*

This intimate monthly group offers an encouraging space to develop your poetry.

Sessions include feedback on your poems-in-progress alongside conversation around craft, contemporary poetry and next steps for you and your work. 

Places are limited to keep the group small @ 4-8 poets

*In-person sessions take place at my home in South London, a short walk from Brixton & Herne Hill stations

For booking contact Shazea

Term II: August-December @ £150/term

August 26th
September 30th
October 28th
November 18th
December 16th

Join us to read and write poems about non-sentient things: "they too deserve kindness / They huddle in front of the fireplace, crowing." Still some places left, book via link in bio! #poetrywriting #poetry #poetrystudios
There are still places left for my Poetry School course, and this term has a focus on First Nations poets! Join us to explore writing poetry in these times of ecological emergency, perpetual war and crises. See link in bio for booking and more info ?
one possible translation of one possible poem from the Lascaux cave drawings... we will be Connecting With Translation in our upcoming Poetry Studio on Monday February 10th. see link in bio to book💫 #poetryworkshop #translation #creative #poetry #po
New year, new ways into writing! Join us for our February Studio, to experiment with the possibilities of meaning, depicted on a cave wall 17,000 years ago. What might the Lascaux cave drawings say to us, and how can we take inspiration to enrich our
It's a full moon tonight! Thinking of last week's studio on the Moon with a wonderful group of poets, and the lunar poems we wrote and the ones we read - including this one. Don't eat oranges tonight - only green and icy fruit! #fullmoon #poetrycommu
In our September Studio, we will read poems inspired by the moon and write our own unique lunar poems. Join us! Booking closes soon... 💫 #poetrywriting #poetryworkshop