DEVELOPING THE CRAFT OF POETRY

COMING AUTUMN 2023

8X8 POETRY WORKSHOPS

8 POETS | 8 WEEKS 

“To write is human, to edit is divine.”

stephen king

In WRITING SLANT | MAKING A POEM, you will clarify the ideas that lurk within your writing, and learn to tease them out in subtle, strange or surprising ways, using the tools and techniques of poetry. Over six weeks, you will develop and edit your poems from the rough nugget of an early draft into a polished gem, ready for publication.

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 FAQs

  • Writing Slant is not ideal for the absolute beginner.

    It is best suited to someone who already has some experience with poetry and creative writing and is interested in learning how to improve their work and hone their skills with a view to publishing.

  • Some familiarity with Facebook and Facebook groups is preferred.

    Participants are invited to share their work in response to the weekly exercises in a private Facebook group, and to provide feedback to one another.

    Sharing and reading each other’s work is an important part of developing your critical abilities as a poet.

  • Writing Slant is a taught course with the emphasis on learning new skills and techniques and testing them on your own work.

    Participants can share and provide feedback on each other’s work in the Facebook group (see above) and I will also comment on work posted to the group in the weekly live class.

    This is not a traditional poetry workshop.

    If you would like to receive personal feedback on a sample of your work at the end of the course, please select the option with a one-to-one mentoring session.

    Alternatively, you can find details of upcoming 8-week poetry workshop courses here.

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  • Cancellations can be made with a full refund up to 3 days before the programme begins.

What Writers Say:

  • “Beautifully put together, visually clear and easy to navigate."

    “An excellent course which will help you develop your draft poems into something clearer and stronger, that you can feel is beginning to really sing. Angela has put together a wonderful range of tools, inspiration and knowledge to help you grow as a writer.”

    A O’Gorman, Ireland

  • "I found it so very exciting, like a treasure hunt, somehow!"

    “The live sessions were consistently supportive, Angela is a very sensitive and skilful leader of these groups - which is not easy on Zoom! Even when I wrestled with a difficult poem, there was a real pleasure in following the trail of crumbs. The course opened doors for me.”

    D. Ognjenovic, UK

  • “A helpful new set of revision strategies for my writer's toolbox."

    “I discovered poems and poets that were new to me and learned a great deal more about the craft of poetry, all in a wonderful ‘no pressure’ environment with incredibly talented fellow writers and terrific encouragement from a great teacher. A wonderful experience!”

    C. Wellman, US

“Poetry, I feel, is a tyrannical discipline.
You’ve got to go so far in such a small space; you’ve got to burn away all the peripherals. ”

SYLVIA PLATH