Poetry Courses and Services for Poets
see also Workshop Groups

Most local authority Adult Education services run creative writing groups; some run groups dedicated to poetry. Check with your local centre for details.   Below is a selection of residential, correspondence, and part-time courses that are worth looking at, depending on your enthusiasm and the depth of your pocket.
 

Services - Single Courses - Residential and Holiday  - Email, Internet and Correspondence Courses - Other

Poetry Kit Online Poetry Courses

New courses starting the second and fourth Monday each month

We currently offer three online, computer based, distance learning courses, suitable for the beginner, intermediate or more experienced writer.  Although the details for the courses

below indicate a general content and direction of each course, courses are flexible and may change in order to better meet the needs of each individual student 

Each unit may consist of a number of parts and some units take longer to complete than others.  

For details of fees and enrolment please goto

POETRY KIT COURSES

Poetry Foundation

This course in writing poetry takes the participant through some of the basic processes of writing poetry in, what we hope they will find, an entertaining and interesting way. We hope to help them develop good practise and a structured approach to writing.  This is achieved through a series of set exercises and critique sessions, backed up with notes and feedback.  The purpose of the course is to allow the participant to build their skills of observation and develop clarity of language and expression while at the same time allowing their individual voice and technique to develop.  

Some items covered

Poems general introduction, styles and types.

How to read poetry

Images in poetry

Writing poetry

Using a notebook recording snapshots.

 Poetry from art

Revising a poem

Using figurative language

Poetry 1

The course looks at a variety of styles and forms of poetry which will allow the participant to build a sound knowledge of some of the technical terms

while utilising them in a practical and interesting way.   The course includes elements relating to preparing and submitting poems for publication, reading poems, revising poetry and editing.

 Some items covered

Poetic structure

Analysis of poetry

Nature poetry

Transparency

Writing poetry

Images

Forms and structure

Forms

Further forms / markets

Getting published

Poetry 2

This is a high grade course and makes assumptions that the participant will already have a wide experience of poetic techniques, the features looked at on the course are looked at from an advanced point of view -- roughly equivalent of a third year University module.  The Basically the course follows the following session structure.  Each session consists of a number of parts.

Some items covered

Analysis of poetry

Use of images

Poetry about the natural world

Free verse

Voice

Lineation

Poems from art and found objects

Avent garde

Critiquing poetry

Completion

Poetry Kit runs a full range of interesting and challenging courses.  In addition to those listed above there are other

courses including  Script writing and The Poetry of Bob Dylan. 

For a more complete listing of courses and availability please see

http://www.poetrykit.org/pkcourses.htm

Services

P O E T R Y  M A S T E R ~Good Poems Made Better~   Send 4-book poet Dan Masterson a one-page poem of your own making, and he'll comment on it free of charge. Thereafter you may continue working with him on a fee basis if you wish. See details at http://www.poetrymaster.com  and read his first two books online at http://capa.conncoll.edu

Ongoing Residential and Holiday Writing Courses and Retreats.

Email, Internet and Correspondence Courses

Poetry Courses and Venues

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