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Thematically-focused online poetry courses HYPER FOCUS Four months, four themes: grief - parents - eros - resistance
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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January - Grief with @no1emily.bsky.social & @pascalepetit.bsky.social

February - Parents with @carolinebirduk.bsky.social & Jack Underwood

March: Eros with @kimaddonizio.bsky.social & Oluwaseun Olayiwola

April: Resistance with Joelle Taylor & @aanaxagorou.bsky.social
GRIEF Consider the different ways poems can help get between the feelings of grief and loss and look at how to ensure a poem remains artful while also true to its emotional life and sensibility. Both Emily Berry and Pascale Petit have written extensively on the theme of grief using metaphor, allegory and anecdote and will be guiding poets through a range of tips and prompts aimed at enhancing their skillset and thinking around the kind of poetry they want to write. 6-27 JANUARY 2026 TUTORS: PASCALE PETIT, EMILY BERRY WORKSHOPS: TUES 7-9PM UK HYPERFOCUS grief: outspokenldn.com/hyperfocus HYPERFOCUS - parents How do you write about a problematic parents)? How best could you navigate a complex upbringing? How do you handle the sheer awe and panic of being a new parent? How do you write about the loss of a parent? In this second segment of Hyperfocus, join poets Caroline Bird and Jack Underwood as they look at ways we can write poems that draw from the multilayered experiences of having parents and being a parent. 3-24 FEBRUARY 2026 TUTORS: CAROLINE BIRD JACK UNDERWOOD WORKSHOPS: TUES 7-9PM UK PARENTS outspokenldn.com/hyperfocus EROS Love, desire, lust, eros and longing are all part of March's Hyperfocus. Participants will be looking at what makes an erotic poem... erotic. How does one write erotica without sounding crass or twee, how can we express notions of longing or desire for another person and not make the poem feel like it's over-reaching or performative and if we are to write sex how much does that involve the body. How do sexuality, ability and gender impact the way we write into these themes? 3-24 MARCH 2026 TUTORS: KIM ADDONIZIO OLUWASEUN OLAYIWOLA WORKSHOPS: TUES 7-9PM UK HYPERFOCUS eros outspokenldn.com/hyperfocus HYPERFCCUS resistance 7-28 APRIL 2026 TUTORS: JOELLE TAYLOR ANTHONY ANAXAGOROU WORKSHOPS: TUES 7-9PM UK Writing poems that talk truth to power or address the state of the nation can often be tricky to navigate. Either a poem is so direct it ends up feeling didactic or it's so subtle it doesn't have the push and bite it needs to make its case. Over the course of the four weeks participants will explore what it means to write a poem that is concerned with the world, injustice, oppression, trauma and witness. RESISTANCE outspokenldn.com/hyperfocus
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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excuse the typo, here's that link again, thanks for your solidarity and help xx www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-read...
Poets Read For Hurricane Melissa Relief Fundraiser
An online evening of poetry, raising funds for Food for the Poor and Support Jamaica to support those affected by Hurricane Melissa.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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The evening will be hosted by Leone Ross, with an introduction from Akala, a piano recital from Karim Kamar and readers too many characters to list but in the flyer >>
POETS READ FOR HURRICANE MELISSA RELIEF FUNDRAISER WEDNESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2025 INTRODUCTION BY AKALA ROGER ROBINSON / MALIKA BOOKER / KEITH JARRETT RICHARD GEORGES / SAFIYA SINCLAIR / ISABELLE BAAFI RAYMOND ANTROBUS ANTHONY VAHNI CAPILDEO KAREN MCCARTHY WOOLF / COURTTIA NEWLAND COURTNEY CONRAD / MUNI PILGRIM / DZIFA BENSON SHANNON SMITH-MEEKINGS / ANTHONY JOSEPH CASEY BAILEY / SALENA GODDEN KARIM KAMAR ON PIANO / HOSTED BY LEONE ROSS Raising funds to support the Jamaican Official Disaster Relief & Recovery Fund and Food for the Poor Jamaica's Hurricane Melissa Relief Fund. All donations will be split equally between these funds, and any additional organisations added. OUT SPOKEN PRESS ONLINE / DONATION TICKETS 7-9PM UK / 2-4PM EST melissafundraiser.eventbrite.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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The evening will be raising funds for Food for the Poor Jamaica’s Hurricane Melissa Relief Fund and the Jamaican Official Disaster Relief & Recovery Fund. Donations will be split between the funds, & any additional organisations added.
November 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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It’s wonderful to see this collection continue to gain deserved recognition 🩵

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October 17, 2025 at 5:11 AM