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FEATURED POET Sam Silva CITN 64 See other past editions at CAUGHT IN THE NET		POETRY KIT BLOG Two new books from Jim Bennett What Can Poets Learn from Bob Dylan What Poets Can Learn From Bob Dylan: Amazon.co.uk: Bennett, Jim.: 9798194891641: Books The Cartographer (poems) The Cartographer: Amazon.co.uk: Bennett, Jim.: 9781873761502: Books		OTHER LISTINGS Writers groups / Workshops Courses Funding & Grants Organisation Publishers Speciality Q&A on Poetry Lexicon

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The Art of the Ending Starts 5 October 2026 How do you know when a poem has finished? This three-week course explores the art of creating memorable endings through surprise, resonance, ambiguity and restraint. Through practical exercises, you’ll experiment with different approaches and develop a stronger instinct for knowing when a poem has said enough. BOOK NOW https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=MUEQCEP2LH6K8 Time in Poetry Starts 2^nd November 2026 Time can be one of the most powerful tools available to a poet. Over three weeks, we’ll explore memory, tense, chronology and the movement between past and present, experimenting with ways to stretch moments, compress years and make time work harder in your poems. BOOK NOW https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=LGR5D2FWTG8V2		Every month we have many short courses that take place over three weeks. These cover many subjects in poetry from Ekphrastic Poetry to poetry in Times of Change. There is something for everyone and we are adding to our course availability each month. In addition each summer we have our Summer School and in December the December Poetry Workshop. Click link below for a list of all available short courses SHORT COURSES --------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL OFFER Book any two of our short courses for £50 using the link below, and then please write to us at info@poetrykit.org to let us know which two courses you would like. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=6ESMVNLE4NG6Q		MENTORING Our most popular course is the longer mentoring programme. This lasts from 3 to 6 months depending on response times from the participant. All mentoring is with Jim Bennett and is individually designed to meet the needs of the participant. The cost of this is £110 but places are limited. For further details or to enrol for this course, go to mentoring (poetrykit.org) INTRODUCTION TO POETRY POETRY FOUNDATION COURSE PART 1 POETRY COURSE PART 2 POETRY COURSE MENTORING FOR POETS MENTORING FOR WRITERS POETS MASTERCLASS POETRY OF BOB DYLAN CRITIQUE There are other longer courses available and details can be found here Courses

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