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A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECT SPECIFIC COURSES FOR ALL
MOST COURSES ARE OVER 3 WEEKS AT A COST OF £30
Reprise a course for £20
Many of our students want to repeat a course and
it seems unfair to ask for a full fee so if you want to repeat a course and
submit new poems for the tasks then it will cost only £20 using the payment
link. Do remember to write and let us know which course you want.
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Book any two of these 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.
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NEW UPCOMING COURSES
New in April 2026
Spring Poetry Workshop
3 weeks of poetry fun.
Poetry exercises that will inspire you to engage with the
new season like never before. We will be looking to develop
poems from the small events and the large, from the personal to
nature and the time of year. This will be a fun workshop with
the serious intent to produce some fine poetry.
The course will be conducted online over three weeks, at
a cost of £30 –
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FOR A LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE SHORT
COURSES PLEASE SEE BELOW
These are shown
below in two GROUPS.
GROUP 1 COURSES ARE AVAILABLE in
January, March, May 2026
GROUP 2 courses ARE
AVAILABLE IN December 2025 February, April 2026
COURSES CAN BE BOOKED
USING THE PAYMENT LINK BELOW THE COURSE.
Reprise a
course for £20
Many of our students want to repeat a
course and it seems unfair to ask for a full fee so if you want
to repeat a course and submit new poems for the tasks then it
will cost only £20 using the payment link. Do remember to write
and let us know which course you want.
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let us know which two courses you would like.
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GROUP 1 COURSES
New in March 2026
Objects with
history
Objects with History:
Writing Through Things is a three-week poetry course exploring
how everyday objects carry memory, meaning, and untold stories.
Through guided prompts and close attention to things both
personal and ordinary, participants will write poems that
uncover the emotional, social, and historical lives of
objects—from inherited items and found materials to tools,
clothing, and keepsakes. The course is over three weeks at a
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New in May
2026
Small Fires:
Writing Poems from Everyday Moments
In this
course, we'll explore how to turn everyday moments into powerful
poetry. Learn to find inspiration in the ordinary and create
poems that reveal deeper truths with simplicity and
authenticity. We'll cover techniques for capturing the
significance of small, personal experiences and crafting poems
that resonate with emotional depth. The course will be conducted
online over three weeks, at a cost of ?30 -
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Poetry in the City
Cities pulse with
stories — in their streets, their people, their noise, and their
silence. Poetry in the City explores how urban life
shapes poetic expression and how poets capture the rhythm,
tension, and beauty of city living. From modern metropolises to
imagined cityscapes, architecture, movement, memory, and
community. The course will be over three weeks at a cost of £30.
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Memorable Images
One of the poet’s
greatest powers lies in their ability to make the invisible seen
and the abstract tangible through imagery. Strong images are the
lifeblood of poetry—they awaken the senses, ignite the
imagination, and anchor emotion in the reader’s mind. In this
section, students will explore how to select evocative details
and transform ordinary moments into unforgettable pictures.
The course is over three weeks at a cost of £30.
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Landscapes
In this course, we
will journey through the moors, coastlines, forests, and urban
jungles—using poetry we will delve into the intricate
relationship between the physical world and the poet. Whether
you are a novice or an experienced poet, this course will invite
you to see the world afresh and translate those visions into new
poetry. The course will be conducted over three weeks at a
cost of £30.
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Making it
New
As Ezra Pound said one of
the keys to good poetry is to “Make it new”. This
basically asks the poet to find new methods of expression, ways
to look at things or to see things in a fresh way with new
juxtapoitions to add interest and accessibility. The
course is over three weeks at a cost of £30.
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Voice in Poetry
You will often hear the term
“voice” being used, and this is said to refer to a number of
different poetic features. This short course is the first
of two that looks at some of these features. In this first
part we will be looking at the poets own voice and the basic
voice of the poem and how to use them in to get the best from a
poem. The course is over three weeks at a cost of £30
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Viewpoint and Tense
Choices made by the
poet will impact the way the poem is presented and how engaging
and accessible it is to the reader. This course will look
at the issues of viewpoint and tense and in doing so consider
authenticity and what the poem is doing and how it can do it
best. The course is over three weeks at a cost of £30
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An Open Field
In this short course
we will be looking at the opportunities offered by open field
composition, how It works and how to structure your poems on an
open field using this dynamic and exciting approach. The course
will be over three seems at a cost of £30.
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The Colours of
Poetry
This course looks at colour and it's
use in poetry in a number of ways. Colour to add meaning, colour
as an image and colour as a symbol. What effect can colour have
in poetry and how is its use be beneficial. This course is over
3 weeks at a cost of £30.
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The Sound of Music
Well not literally. This course
looks again at rhythm and form and how
they can work together
to create a unique sound in a poem. The particular focus here
will be modern forms and free verse poetry. This course will be
over three weeks at a cost of £30
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Time, Timing and Pace in Poems
Rhythm and pace in a poem
can convey a lot of meaning and add levels and tone and develop
mood as the poem is being read. This is an important way
to convey meaning and tone in the delivery. This is fine
when the poem is being read by the poet but how do we build this
into the poem so that it conveys to the reader these ideas of
how the poem should be read and understood. This can add
more interest and meaning to the poem. The course will be
conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 –
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Poetic Truth
Poetry can be the vehicle to
expose a universal truth, and we will look at The role of truth
in poetry.. We will also look at how a fiction can be used to
emphasise a bigger truth. The course will be conducted online
over three weeks, at a cost of £30 –
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Making it Real
How do you make something in a poem
appear real and authentic for the reader? How can you make
something real that is very hard to describe, or make a person
in a poem feel like a real person? How do you avoid cliche and
caricature? These are just some of the issues that
we will explore in this short course. The course will be
conducted online over 3 weeks at a cost of £30.
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Poetic Devices
In
this short course we will be looking at a variety of poetic
devices that can be used to enhance your poetry and add layers
of interest and musicality to it. Poetic devices when properly
used and understood can help make the poem sound more natural
for the voice and more in keeping with a strong poetic. The
course will be conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of
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Finding Inspiration
This three week course looks at finding inspiration and ways
engage with different subjects. We will look at ways
to prepare and collect thoughts into a start point for a poem
and strategies to develop poems from a variety of possibilities.
The course will be conducted online over three weeks, at a cost
of £30
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Journeys
This three-week course will be looking at Journeys and how they
can inform all aspects of poetry. From actual journeys to new
places, through embodying journey as a metaphor to engaging with
the journey through life. There are many ways to approach this,
and we will be looking at many of those and seeing how the ideas
can be used in our poems. The course will be
conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 –
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Prose Poetry and Flash Fiction
This short course
will explore both Prose Poetry and introduce Flash Fiction.
These two discipline areas have grown in interest over the past
years and many magazines publish pieces alongside other styles
of poetry creating even more interest in them. Both are here to
stay so this course will provide an introduction to these
exciting forms. The course will be conducted over three weeks,
at a cost of £30 –
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A Cabinet of
Curiosities – Objects in Poetry
This course
will be focusing on objects and how they can be used in poetry.
We will look at strategies to help the poet to use objects and
to look at juxtaposition and metaphor. The importance of an
“object” as a symbol or metaphor and how this can enhance a
poem. The cost of the course is £30
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Sense and nonsense
- the poetry of the surreal
Surreal or
nonsense poetry has a strong history in the development of
poetry. Its place today is less sure but this course seeks to
introduce poets to the ideas surrealism and how these can
benefit a poem. On this course we will look at the origins of
the surreal and how it i s still applicable and can produce some
spectacular results. The cost of this course is £30
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New Poetry Workshop
This three week course looks at new ways to find subjects,
write, edit and publish poems. This is a challenging course
that asks poets to look at these issues in a new way. Ideal for
those wanting to write more and to have more tools available.
The course will be conducted online over three weeks, at a cost
of £30 –
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Poetry in changing times
This is a short online course for poets who
want to look at the way their poetry can stay relevant in
changing times. We will be looking at relevance, authenticity
and voice as cornerstones for producing poems that engage with
change. We will look at personal, scientific and imagined
responses. The course will be conducted online over
three weeks, at a cost of £30 -
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Poetry and Music
This course looks at
the interaction between poetry and music, how music can inspire
poetry and the use of poetry as lyric. The musical
properties of poetry, rhythm and line choices, and new ways to
use sonic devices in poetry. We will be looking for many
opportunities to develop these ideas into poems. Full feedback
and help will be given during the course. The course will be
conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 –
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Writing Poetry for
Children
This is a short online
course for poets who would like to write poetry for children. On
this workshop course we will look at what works in poetry for
children and what does not. Language and imagery, metaphor
and how children see the world. Holding a young person’s
interest and storytelling through poetry. The course will be
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Poems in the
everyday
The poet interacts
with the world in a variety of ways. This short course we will
look at how the poet can interact with the world and find poems
in everyday events. .We also look at journaling and notebooks.+
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Journals, Diaries
and Dreams
This three-week course
looks at notebooks and journals as a key resource for writers
and poets. Learn more about how these can be used and how to use
them more effectively, recording events and snapshots,
scrapbooking and dreams and how to use these in poetry. The
course costs £30
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Sonnet Workshop
This short 3 week
course looks at the sonnet in its traditional form and how poets
are rediscovering it as a vehicle in contemporary poetry. This
has alwys been a popular form but in many ways not fully
understood. This course will focus on producing sonnets
and discovering possibilities in the form that have not
been considered. The cost of this course costs £30.
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Metaphor and
Revelation in Poetry
This 3 week course
looks at the transformative qualities of metaphor in poetry.
The way metaphor can be used in exciting ways to bring new
revelation and understanding in a poem. We will look at
metaphor different ways and see how important it is. The
cost of this course costs £30.
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Exploring Symbols
and Myth
Poems can use myth and
symbols to explore modern themes. Myths and symbols come from
our joint experience and can be used to add deeper meaning in a
poem. This three week course will focus on understanding
and incorporating these devices in poetry. The cost of this
course cost is £30.
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GROUP 2 COURSES
New in April
2026
Spring Poetry
Workshop
3 weeks of poetry fun.
Poetry exercises that will inspire you to engage with the new
season like never before. We will be looking to develop poems
from the small events and the large, from the personal to nature
and the time of year. This will be a fun workshop with the
serious intent to produce some fine poetry. The
course will be conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of
£30 –
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The self in
poetry
“The poetic self in
Poetry” explores how poets give voice to identity, emotion, and
experience through a poetic viewpoint. From confessional verse
to collective expression, this course examines how the poetic
self is constructed, and used in contemporary poetry. The course
will be over three weeks at a cost of £30.
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New Approaches to form
There are many different
approaches to poetry and one of the predominant elements in
poetry
construction is the
selection of the form it will take. This coursea looks at
form in many forms and how to engage with form as a way to
enhance the way the poem delivers.. The course will look
at a number of innovative ideas. The course is over
three weeks at a cost of £30.
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Identity, Voice in
Poetry
A course looking at
more aspects of voice in poetry. From writing for other voices
to adopting a persona. Understanding how to present a poem from
an historical or mythic perspective is also included. All the
various voices that can be adopted to help a poem develop.
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Finishing off
Often poets will be
told that their poem is good but needs tightening-up. This
course, put together at the request of students, looks at what
this means and some of the techniquesues that can be used to get
the best result and let the poem come to life for the reader.
The course is over three weeks at a cost of £30.
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Layering in Poetry
How do some poems appear to say so much? Or
even appear to have a different meaning the next time you read
it? How can a viewpoint on a poem vary over time? How can you
understand and use this in your own poems? The course is over
three weeks at a cost of £30.
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Between the Lines
What lies between the lines
in a poem and how can this be presented for the reader.
This course will look at presenting backstory and foreshadowing
and how these can be used to great effect in contemporary
poetry. These skills can help add layers of
understanding and meaning to a poem. The use of nuance and
suggestion are also included. In this exciting course that will
explore new possibilities in poetry. The course will be
conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 –
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Making a Point
Sometimes it can be difficult to put across a
point of view without appearing to be hecktoring, patronising or
didactic.. In this course we will be looking at ways
in which the poet can make their point while at the same time
presenting the poem to the reader in a way that will get them to
think and perhaps decide that they might agree with points they
might not have thought about before. The course will be
conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 –
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A Different Way to See
Sometimes we want to write
a poem but end up dissatisfied with the results this is a short
course to introduce you to new ways to see and engage with an
object or subject. Develop a new perspective that will enhance
your poetry and build a deeper understanding. There will be
some aspects of poetry explored on this course that you probable
have never thought of in the way that we will look at them. The
course will be conducted online over 3 weeks at a cost of £30.
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Puzzles in Poetry
This three-week course will look at the
different ways that poems can be used to play tricks on the
reader. From enigmatic content to puzzles that depend on the
layout and form of the poem. Poetry has a long history of being
used in this way and even by code makers. But here we will be
looking at the way that this can add depth and interest to the
poem. The course will be conducted online over three weeks, at a
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Unexpected Poetry
This three week course looks at
the way we can use unexpected connections to develop poetry. We
will look at different starting points and where they take us.
Learn to recognise the fundamental sparks that can set us on
the road to unexpected poetry. . The course will be conducted
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Seasons
Poets have always been inspired by the seasons. And
the subtle changes they bring stand as metaphor and symbols for
events in life as well as presenting colour and background.
This course will look at how the poet can use the season to
best advantage and deliver poems that engage with the seasons,
and how the season can add layers of meaning in a poem. The
course is conducted over 3 weeks at a cost of £30 –
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The Right Word
Mark Twain said “To get the right
word in the right place is a rare achievement.” And it is true
that a well-chosen word can bring a poem to life and a poorly
chosen word can stifle it. In this course we will be looking at
how the choice of a single word can set the tone and mood in a
poem, and even be used to engage with a subtext that create
layers in a poem’s understanding. The course will be conducted
online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 –
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Developing the Craft
This three-week course looks
at developing a number of craft elements that will help the poet
to produce modern freeform poetry. Understanding how and when
to use some poetic devices that will engage with the reader can
be the key to writing engaging poetry. The cost of this course
is £30
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Writing Ekphrastic Poetry
The aim of this course
is to look at the different approaches that can be taken to
bring new insights to poems that engage with a piece of visual
art. During the course poets will be asked to respond to a
series of paintings using a variety of techniques. Poems will be
workshopped and full feedback given. The cost of this course is
£30
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Writing in traditional
forms
This three week course looks at new modern ways to
use traditional forms. These forms can be ways for poets to
grow the tools available and to find new ways to say what they
want. These forms can produce memorable and exciting ways to
explore modern topics. This is a challenging course that asks
poets to look at some traditional forms in new ways. The course
will be conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 –
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Poetry and the
Natural World
This is a short online course
for poets who want to look at the ways to engage with the
naural world, and look at the impact of human activities on the
world around us. On this course we will move from the romantic
view of nature to the urban landscape and to the impact of human
activity. We will be looking at and writing poetry relevant to
our changing world. The course will be conducted online over
three weeks, at a cost of £30
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Poetry and Science
This short online course looks at how poetry
can interface with different sciences and provide a way to use
exciting ideas in poetry, and how poetry can interpret a
scientific world view. Starting with geology, and
onto physics and astronomy. You do not need a scientific
background just an interest in finding new ways to develop
poetry. The course will be conducted online over three weeks, at
a cost of £30 –'''’’''
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Images, short forms, and
haiku
This course looks at the role played by images in
poetry. It considers their use in short forms and how they can
be used to develop engaging and memorable poems. As part of
this process, we will be looking at the opportunities and
challenges presented by short forms including haiku. The course
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Strategies for Writing Poetry
What do you do when
you hit a point when the ideas and ability that you rely on for
writing poetry dry up. This happens to most writers from time
to time, and on this course, we will look at proven strategies
to get past this point. This is a course suitable for everyone
even if you do not have a problem as these are strategies to
help approach poetry in new ways. The course will be conducted
online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 –
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Adventures in
Poetry
This short course looks at ways to
approach poetry and to consider it in a wider context. We will
look at new ways to engage with poetry and the reader. To
present poetry in new ways and to bring a freshness to your
writing. The course will be conducted online over three weeks,
at a cost of £30 –
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The language of
shape
Lines and Stanza. Understanding the
way structure influences the way the poem is received.
Different ways to engage with line and shape in poetry. Using
end stopping and enjambment and ceasura to add interest and
structure in a poem. Standard and non-standard punctuation in
modern poetry. The course will be conducted online
over three weeks, at a cost of £30
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Psychogeography and
Place in Poetry
This short course looks at
ways in which the poet and the reader are influenced by place.
How the urban environment can feed into the poetry and becomes
an essential setting. We also look at the way place influences
the interpretation of the poem and how to develop a sense of
place in poetry. The cost of the course is £30
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Ekphrastic Poetry-
Part 2
This is a continuation course from
our original Ekphrastic Poetry Course. The aim of this course is
to look at the different approaches that can be taken to bring
new insights to poems that engage with a broader range of
Ekphrastic poetry. During the course poets will be asked to
respond to a series of paintings using a variety of techniques.
Poems will be workshopped, and full feedback given. The cost of
this course is £30
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Poetry and Music
This course looks at the interaction between
poetry and music, how music can inspire poetry and the use of
poetry as lyric. The musical properties of poetry, rhythm and
line choices, and new ways to use sonic devices in poetry. We
will be looking for many opportunities to develop these ideas
into poems. Full feedback and help will be given during the
course. The course will be conducted online over three weeks, at
a cost of £30 –
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Writing Poetry for
Children
This is a short online course for
poets who would like to write poetry for children. On this
workshop course we will look at what works in poetry for
children and what does not. Language and imagery, metaphor and
how children see the world. Holding a young person’s interest
and storytelling through poetry. The course will be conducted
online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 – https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=VS2TUQGPXYQFS
Poems in the
Everyday
The poet interacts with the world
in a variety of ways. This short course we will look at how the
poet can interact with the world and find poems in everyday
events. .We also look at journaling and notebooks.+ The course
will be conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 –
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Journals, Diaries
and Dreams
This three-week course looks at
notebooks and journals as a key resource for writers and poets.
Learn more about how these can be used and how to use them more
effectively, recording events and snapshots, scrapbooking and
dreams and how to use these in poetry. The course costs £30
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Sonnet Workshop
This short 3 week course looks at the sonnet in its
traditional form and how poets are rediscovering it as a vehicle
in contemporary poetry. This has alwys been a popular form but
in many ways not fully understood. This course will focus on
producing sonnets and discovering possibilities in the form that
have not been considered. The cost of this course costs £30.
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Metaphor and
Revelation in Poetry
This 3 week course looks at the
transformative qualities of metaphor in poetry. The way
metaphor can be used in exciting ways to bring new revelation
and understanding in a poem. We will look at metaphor different
ways and see how important it is. The cost of this course costs
£30.
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Exploring Symbols
and Myth
Poems can use myth and symbols to
explore modern themes. Myths and symbols come from our joint
experience and can be used to add deeper meaning in a poem.
This three week course will focus on understanding and
incorporating these devices in poetry. The cost of this course
cost is £30.
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Reprise a course
for £20
Many of our students want to repeat
a course and it seems unfair to ask for a full fee so if you
want to repeat a course and submit new poems for the tasks then
it will cost only £20 using the payment link. Do remember to
write and let us know which course you want.
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Reprise a course
for £20
Many of our students want to repeat
a course and it seems unfair to ask for a full fee so if you
want to repeat a course and submit new poems for the tasks then
it will cost only £20 using the payment link. Do remember to
write and let us know which course you want.
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SPECIAL OFFER
Book any two of these 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.
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