Children and their Parents
‘Heart’s needle, hostage to fortune, freedom’s end.’
How much do we know about our parents? How much do they know about us? In this workshop we’ll read some poems about the hidden worlds of parents and their children, their secret and not-so-secret lives, exposing the joys and pains ... Read More
Tag: Poetry
05
Oct2021
05
Oct2021
The chance to hear T.S Eliot prize shortlisted poet Jacqueline Saphra read from her work. With support from Ysella Sims and readings from the day's workshop.
04
Oct2021
SproutSpoken invites you to a very special gathering of community, creativity and connection at one of the town's favourite places: The Huer's Hut. Running in conjunction with National Poetry Day, we'll be honouring this iconic landmark with songs and spoken word that conjure up the spirit of the Huer at ... Read More
20
Oct2021
Have you ever wondered how short stories, poetry and children’s books go from being ideas, scribbled down in the margins of a journal, to fully fledged books on the shelves of Waterstones?
Join us at this online Writers’ Night where we’ll be discussing first drafts, literary agents and the writing process ... Read More
25
Oct2021
Join international wordsmith Pete The Temp and Plymouth-born punk poet T.S. Idiot for a night of words (and possibly wisdom) - with TWO local support acts!
Pete The Temp is a loop station artist, poet and comic who has featured on BBC Radio 4, toured with Slamboree and performed at Festivals ... Read More
26
Nov2021
Join much-loved local poet and publisher Philip Rush on the second of our Dialect Craft Series using the principle of shuhari to learn the art of poetic form. Shu is learn the rules; ha is break the rules; ri is transcend the rules.
Participants will work with sonnets as a foundational ... Read More
05
Jan2022
This course is designed to be gentle enough for complete beginners (at haiku, or at creative writing), but at the same time stimulating enough to introduce haiku as a new form to those who are already writing poetry or prose. Or perhaps you already know about haiku, but want to ... Read More
02
Feb2022
Join seven Arachne Press poets to talk about diaspora experience and the power and significance of creative response.
Following on from publication of Where We Find Ourselves: Poems and Stories of Maps and Mapping from UK Writers of the Global Majority we are gathering together seven poets and writers who contributed ... Read More
02
Feb2022
As part of the English Riviera Literature Festival , An evening of poetry and performance poetry at Stage Left, part of Paignton’s iconic Palace Theatre!
Come along and enjoy some of the finest poets and performers in the South West. There will be rhyming, whimsy and wordplay a-plenty.
Hosted by Robert Garnham, ... Read More
08
Feb2022
How is a three-line senryu poem different to a three-line haiku poem, in content, style and language? Submitting two draft senryu three times over two months, we'll explore these questions, but also try to find our own "voice" with our senryu.
Assignments with prompts are posted privately online, and participants read ... Read More