Progress your Poetry Term 2 - 14th January 2027

About this course

Each session uses a weekly theme, reading and optional prompts, styles or forms to generate new poetry. Participants may instead bring work in progress. The group discusses contemporary poetry and workshops at least one poem from each writer, with tutor and peer feedback. The course focuses on revising drafts, offering constructive critical responses and developing a body of poems for submission to publication.

What you'll learn

• Write poems in response to themes, readings and optional forms or prompts.
• Edit and redraft poetry more effectively.
• Give constructive, critical responses to other writers’ work.
• Develop knowledge of contemporary poetry.
• Prepare several poems for submission to publication.

Is this course right for you?

The course is open to writers at all levels and requires a good standard of written English. Weekly participation involves completing homework, bringing new or ongoing work, and discussing poetry with the group. Learners should be prepared to share writing for workshop feedback and respond constructively to other participants’ poems.

• Weekly homework is expected.
• Each writer will have at least one poem workshopped by the class each week.

Before you go

• Bring pen and paper.
• A good standard of written English is required.