£39.99
£39.99
Join me for a deep, focused exploration of poetry as a living exchange with the unseen — an art of speaking to invisible things. Together, we’ll step fully into the role of the poet, training our attentiveness so you can catch poems as they move through the world, and learn to write in response rather than declaration.
We’ll work closely with metaphor, image, and lyric movement, exploring how to gather striking language, upset the expected, and allow imagination to bridge thought and feeling. You’ll learn how rhythm, musicality, stillness, and disruption give a poem momentum, pressure, and life.
We’ll move into voice and truth — listening for what insists on being said, letting your voice live fully on the page, and understanding when to speak plainly and when to “lie” toward a deeper poetic truth. We’ll explore how personal and mythic material can lift a poem, unsettle it, and make it linger.
We’ll also tend to the work itself: reading poems aloud, learning to hear where they falter or breathe, editing with intention, and knowing when to stop. Finally, we’ll look beyond the session — how to keep writing through doubt, unstick the song when inspiration thins, and carry your work forward with curiosity, resilience, and renewed imaginative freedom.
Date: Dependent on your chosen ticket and session
Duration: 3 hours
Time: 6:30pm–9:30pm (UK GMT) / 1:30pm–4:30pm (ET)
Format: Live online session via Zoom
Course Companion: A digital companion will be sent one week before the course begins
How to attend:
After purchasing your place, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Your Zoom invitation and digital Course Companion will be sent one week before the session takes place.
Setting the tone for the session, the space, and the work ahead.
Poetry as a Lived Philosophy
Poetry as Response
Exercise 1
Gathering Our Verses
Upsetting, Striking, and Oddity
Leaping, Skipping, Breaking
Exercise 2
That Inner Teeming
The Bravery of Self
Weeping and Soaring
Exercise 3
The Power of Recital
Hearing the Pulse
The Poem as Intent
All Work Is Unfinished
Exercise 4
Strange Roads Set Us Free
Shared reflections, questions, and — carrying the work forward.
Date: Dependent on your chosen slot / ticket / day
Duration: 3 hours
Time: 6:30pm–9:30pm (UK GMT) / 1:30pm–4:30pm (ET)
Format: We’ll gather online via Zoom
Course Companion: A digital companion will be sent one week before the course begins.
How to Attend
After purchasing your place, you’ll receive a confirmation email.
Zoom invitations will be sent one week before the course commences, alongside your digital Course Companion.
Whether you’re just beginning or have been writing for years
Writing with greater confidence and clarity on the page.
Working past hesitation, doubt, and creative stagnation.
Shaping poems that carry rhythm, emotion, and resonance.
No. These workshops are open to poets and writers at any stage. What matters most is curiosity, openness, and a willingness to explore language.
Sharing is always optional. You are welcome to listen, write quietly, or contribute only when it feels right for you.
Groups are kept intentionally small (around 15–25 participants dependent on the course) to allow space for discussion, attention, and thoughtful exchange.
Just something to write with and an open mind. You may also want a quiet space and headphones if possible.
These are interactive workshops. Alongside teaching, there will be guided exercises, writing time, and space for reflection and discussion.
After purchasing, you’ll receive a confirmation email along with a link to the pre-course checklist.
One week before the course begins, you’ll receive your welcome pack, including the Course Companion and your Zoom link.
Yes. You’ll receive any prompts or materials used during the workshop, so you can continue exploring the work in your own time.
Please contact me in advance if you’re unable to attend. Transfers to a later course may be possible, but cannot be guaranteed.
Refunds are available up to two weeks before the course commencement date.
If you’re unable to attend your chosen date, please contact me and I’ll do my best to move you to a later session. Due to the limited number of places, this may not always be possible.