17 poetry literature classes in London
Compare in-person poetry literature classes by level, schedule, topic and start date
Reviewed by John-Pierre Clark| Classes | Provider | Next start | Schedule | Duration | Price | Teacher | Venue | |
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 Vibes and Verses : A Tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah | 1 Aug 2026 | 10:30 - 16:306 hour class | One-day class1 day | £69.00 | ||||
Literature taster: poetry | 16 Sept 2026 | 10:30 - 12:302 hour class | Taster class1 day | £19.00 | ||||
Poetry Cooked and Raw: Emily Dickinson to the Beat Poets | 23 Sept 2026 | 12:30 - 14:302 hour class | Short course10 weeks | £279.00 | ||||
An introduction to poetry | 24 Oct 2026 | 10:30 - 16:306 hour class | One-day class1 day | £79.00 | ||||
Demystifying Poetry | 3 Nov 2026 | 15:00 - 17:002 hour class | Short course3 weeks | £39.00 | ||||
A Day with T.S. Eliot | 12 Dec 2026 | 10:30 - 16:306 hour class | One-day class1 day | £79.00 | ||||
Literature taster: poetry | 13 Jan 2027 | 10:30 - 12:302 hour class | Taster class1 day | £19.00 | ||||
E E Cummings and Stevie Smith | 16 Jan 2027 | 10:30 - 13:303 hour class | One-day class1 day | £39.00 | ||||
First Poets of the Modern City: Baudelaire, Whitman, Laforgue & Eliot | 19 Jan 2027 | 18:00 - 19:3090 min class | Short course6 weeks | £149.00 | ||||
Poetry Reading Group | 20 Jan 2027 | 10:30 - 12:302 hour class | Short course10 weeks | £259.00 | ||||
Chaucer: Two Dream Visions | 20 Feb 2027 | 10:30 - 15:305 hour class | One-day class1 day | £49.00 | ||||
The Poetry of W. B. Yeats: early to middle poems, 1899-1914 | 27 Feb 2027 | 10:30 - 16:306 hour class | One-day class1 day | £79.00 | ||||
You Must Change Your Life: why Rilke matters | 2 Mar 2027 | 18:00 - 19:3090 min class | Short course3 weeks | £59.00 | ||||
Poetry Reading Group | 14 Apr 2027 | 10:30 - 12:302 hour class | Short course6 weeks | £189.00 | ||||
Poetry of the Troubles: Seamus Heaney and His Contemporaries | 23 Apr 2027 | 12:45 - 14:452 hour class | Short course6 weeks | £189.00 | ||||
Poetry from the Edge | 27 Apr 2027 | 18:00 - 19:3090 min class | Short course8 weeks | £189.00 | ||||
The Poetry of W.B. Yeats: later poems, 1919-1939 | 9 May 2027 | 10:30 - 16:306 hour class | One-day class1 day | £79.00 |
- Starts Sat 1 Aug
Vibes and Verses : A Tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah
Sat 1 Aug, 10:30 - 16:301 day1 daySat 10:30£69JessicaWilsonKeeley Street - Starts Wed 16 Sept
Literature taster: poetry
Wed 16 Sep, 10:30 - 12:301 day1 dayWed 10:30£19SophieOxenhamKeeley Street - Starts Wed 23 Sept
Poetry Cooked and Raw: Emily Dickinson to the Beat Poets
Wed 23 Sep, 12:30 - 14:3010 weeks10 weeksWed 12:30£279LaurieSmithKeeley Street - Starts Sat 24 Oct
An introduction to poetry
Sat 24 Oct, 10:30 - 16:301 day1 daySat 10:30£79SuzannahV. EvansKeeley Street - Starts Tue 3 Nov
Demystifying Poetry
Tue 3 Nov, 15:00 - 17:003 weeks3 weeksTue 15:00£39LindaGrantKeeley Street - Starts Sat 12 Dec
A Day with T.S. Eliot
Sat 12 Dec, 10:30 - 16:301 day1 daySat 10:30£79SuzannahV. EvansPhyllisRichardsonKeeley Street - Starts Wed 13 Jan
Literature taster: poetry
Wed 13 Jan, 10:30 - 12:301 day1 dayWed 10:30£19SophieOxenhamKeeley Street - Starts Sat 16 Jan
E E Cummings and Stevie Smith
Sat 16 Jan, 10:30 - 13:301 day1 daySat 10:30£39LaurieSmithKeeley Street - Starts Tue 19 Jan
First Poets of the Modern City: Baudelaire, Whitman, Laforgue & Eliot
Tue 19 Jan, 18:00 - 19:306 weeks6 weeksTue 18:00£149LaurieSmithKeeley Street - Starts Wed 20 Jan
Poetry Reading Group
Wed 20 Jan, 10:30 - 12:3010 weeks10 weeksWed 10:30£259SophieOxenhamKeeley Street - Starts Sat 20 Feb
Chaucer: Two Dream Visions
Sat 20 Feb, 10:30 - 15:301 day1 daySat 10:30£49RachelBuglassKeeley Street - Starts Sat 27 Feb
The Poetry of W. B. Yeats: early to middle poems, 1899-1914
Sat 27 Feb, 10:30 - 16:301 day1 daySat 10:30£79AlexanderFairbairn-DixonKeeley Street - Starts Tue 2 Mar
You Must Change Your Life: why Rilke matters
Tue 2 Mar, 18:00 - 19:303 weeks3 weeksTue 18:00£59LaurieSmithKeeley Street - Starts Wed 14 Apr
Poetry Reading Group
Wed 14 Apr, 10:30 - 12:306 weeks6 weeksWed 10:30£189SophieOxenhamKeeley Street - Starts Fri 23 Apr
Poetry of the Troubles: Seamus Heaney and His Contemporaries
Fri 23 Apr, 12:45 - 14:456 weeks6 weeksFri 12:45£189LewisWardKeeley Street - Starts Tue 27 Apr
Poetry from the Edge
Tue 27 Apr, 18:00 - 19:308 weeks8 weeksTue 18:00£189LaurieSmithKeeley Street - Starts Sun 9 May
The Poetry of W.B. Yeats: later poems, 1919-1939
Sun 9 May, 10:30 - 16:301 day1 daySun 10:30£79AlexanderFairbairn-DixonKeeley Street