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Posted 14.12.11 in Workshop

Glyn Maxwell’s Dramatic Monologue Challenge

Glyn Maxwell talks about the cross over between writing poetry and plays. The key is to inhabit the whole world in order to make your character real.

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Posted 23.10.11 in Workshop

Jack Underwood Asks “Why Should Anyone Care?”

Think of your poems as a person going up to strangers and talking to them, what must the poem do to make people listen? Award winning poet Jack Underwood’s workshop will help write a new poem to engage your reader. Click “read on” to take part.

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Posted 07.10.11 in Workshop

Writing Misguided Tours: Live Workshop Saturday 22nd October at 2pm

Join poet Richard Tyrone Jones and if:book’s Chris Meade for an online workshop on Writing (Mis)Giuded Tours and Other Poetry Happenings on Saturday 22nd October at 2PM where you will be guided into writing your own (Mis)guided Tour Poem.

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Posted 02.09.11 in Workshop

Poetry Digest: Slipping Poetry into the Bloodstream

Meet Poetry Digest, the magazine that ices poems on cakes!

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Posted 24.08.11 in Workshop

Wish You Were Here…

Write your own holiday-inspired ‘poem on a postcard’, and view Clare Pollard’s feedback on her favourite poems from last years Poetry Exchange.

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Posted 19.08.11 in Workshop

The Future – what does it look like to you?

What does ‘The Future’ look like to you? Write a poem with ‘The Future’ as your theme, and view some poetry installations on the same theme.

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Posted 05.08.11 in Workshop

Write a Like Starlings Poem with poet and editor Caleb Klaces

Like Starlings is a project where poets collaborate to write poems in response to one another. This week Caleb Klaces, founder of Like Starlings, is offering you the chance to write your own Like Starlings style poem. Selected poems will be featured on the Young Poets Network website and five poets will receive Te Neves Notebooks.

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Posted 10.06.11 in Workshop

Clare Pollard Offers Feedback on Poems in Form

For this week’s troubleshooting session, I’d like you to send me poems that uses form – whether you’re struggling with a sonnet or having hassle with your haiku, I’d like to help! Not Sure what form to pick – why not write a ballad.

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Posted 27.05.11 in Workshop

Clare Pollard: Gives You Feedback

We all know how helpful it is to get feedback on your work, Clare Pollard is offering her advice on your problem poems!

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Posted 13.05.11 in Workshop

Joelle Taylor’s Poetry Challenge

Joelle Taylor reads her poem ‘No Man’s Land’ and invites you to write a poem inhabiting another character.

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Posted 13.02.11 in Workshop

Ross Sutherland’s Poetry Challenge

Can you write a poem that sticks to just one vowel? Take up Ross Sutherland’s challenge, inspired by the Oulipo movement of the 1960s.

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