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Come along to hear from the up-and-coming stars of the poetry world…
This Young Poets Takeover will feature some of the most recent winners of the <a href="http://poetrysociety.org.uk/competitions/foyle-young-poets-of-the-year-award/">Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award</a> and the writing challenges on <a href="https://ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk">Young Poets Network</a>. But there’s also an open mic section for absolutely anyone aged 25 or younger to sign up and perform.
Tickets are <strong>free, but booking is essential. </strong>We hope you’ll be able to meet some of your peers as well as listen to some top-notch poetry. So join us for a poetry gig by and for young writers, hosted by The Poetry Society’s Education Co-ordinator Cia Mangat.
<strong>Want to perform?</strong>
If you’re feeling brave, <strong>arrive at 2pm</strong> to sign up for a 2 minute open mic slot. We welcome all styles of poetry, and writers at all stages in their development. It’s first come, first served and open mic slots are popular, so arrive promptly to get your name on the list!
<strong>Just want to listen?</strong>
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If you don’t want to perform but do want to hear young talent and meet your poetry peers, come along! We definitely encourage getting to know other young poets (though mingling is not required).
Arrive at 2pm for tea and chat. Readings start at 2.30pm promptly.
Email queries and any access requirements to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>. The Poetry Cafe has a lift between the ground floor and basement, an accessible toilet and a hearing induction loop.
Get involved in the <a href="http://ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk/">Young Poets Network</a> community by <a href="http://ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk/sign-up">signing up to our mailing list</a>, and entering our <a href="http://ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk/workshop/">free competitions</a> for young people!
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This is a wonderful opportunity to discuss your poetry on a one-to-one basis with poet and tutor Judy Brown. These sessions offer a relaxed but in-depth analysis of your poems. Identify strategies for further developing your writing, discuss problems you may be experiencing, and look at strategies for taking your work forward. There will be plenty of time to talk about all those things you need to know about writing, revising, and submitting your work.
Judy runs one-hour sessions in The Poetry Cafe, London WC2H 9BX – at 11:45am and 1.15pm. £62 for Poetry Society Members, £72 for non-members. Book online or call on 020 7420 9881. Once your session is booked, you will be asked to send up to 6 poems, or 150 lines maximum, in advance, so that Judy has sufficient time to read your poems beforehand.
<strong> Poetry Society members should enter MEMBER1 in the Coupon code field to receive a £10 discount.</strong>
<strong>About Judy Brown</strong>
<p class="entry-content">Judy Brown’s third collection, <em>Lairs </em>(Seren, 2022), follows her Poetry Book Society Recommendation <em>Crowd Sensations</em> (Seren, 2016), which was shortlisted for the Ledbury Forte Prize. Her first collection, <em>Loudness</em> (Seren, 2011), was shortlisted for the Forward and Fenton Aldeburgh first collection prizes. Judy has held an Arts & Culture Creative Fellowship at Exeter University’s Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (2019), has been writer-in-residence at Gladstone’s Library (2014), and was poet-in-residence at the Wordsworth Trust during 2013. She has won the Manchester Poetry Prize and the Poetry London Competition, and her first pamphlet won the Templar Poetry pamphlet competition. <a href="http://www.judybrownpoems.wordpress.com/">www.judybrownpoems.wordpress.com</a></p>
<strong>What they said…
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<blockquote>Excellent value for money. The critique was well focused as I now have lucid points to follow up. I was later able to do a whole day’s editing, which led to producing a new ‘first collection’ submission. I know it is stronger as a result of Judy’s input.” <strong>JN</strong>
“The session was really good. It helped me and a lot, particularly around improving weaker lines and words, and Judy was really kind about my poems. The venue was absolutely perfect and I would recommend the session to other people.” <strong>RB</strong>
“Judy came prepared with a reading list of poets that matched my style and it was obvious she had worked through my poems. She broke the ice well with some interesting questions about my poetry and influences. Her comments on my work were really insightful and I was able to make both macro and micro judgements – e.g. she talked about word choice and then also about framing style and layout of the poem. It was really obvious that she had worked hard to understand what I was writing, where I was coming from and what might work well in the future – and I deeply appreciated that.” <strong>SG</strong></blockquote>
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[post_content] => <em><img class=" wp-image-241600 alignleft" src="https://poetrysociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GJHtOJaX0AA7kGc.jpg" alt="" width="340" height="453" />This event is for the <strong>live online workshop</strong>. There are a limited number of recording tickets available <a href="https://poetrysociety.org.uk/event/workshop-recording-writing-poetry-for-children-with-kate-wakeling/">here</a>. </em>
'Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone.
Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water.
If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.'
- Margaret Atwood
From rivers and rain to fountains, falls and the whole of the ocean: water is one of the richest poetic topics there is. Join us for this generative workshop with The Poetry Society's very own Canal Laureate, Roy McFarlane. Roy will bring his many years of experience writing from the water to help you consider aqueous forms, explore the history that surrounds Britain's waterways and create poems that swim, dive and make a splash.
<b>Roy McFarlane </b>has been The Poetry Society's <a href="https://poetrysociety.org.uk/projects/canal-laureate/">Canal Laureate</a> since 2021. He has held the roles of Birmingham’s Poet Laureate, Starbucks’ Poet in Residence, and the Birmingham & Midland Institute’s Poet in Residence. Roy is the editor of <em>Celebrate Wha? Ten Black British Poets from the Midlands</em> (Smokestack, 2011). His first full collection of poems,<em> Beginning With Your Last Breath</em>, was published in 2016, followed by <em>The Healing Next Time</em> in 2018, both published by Nine Arches Press. His latest book is <em>Living by Troubled Waters</em> (Nine Arches Press) out now.
<em>This workshop takes place online on Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent to you 24 hours in advance of the workshop. Suitable for all levels of writer. 18+ only.</em>
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