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Workshop

Writing Political Poetry: online course

Live Canon are running a 12 week online poetry course for those who have things to say about the world and want to think about how to express them. Topics covered include:

  • What is political poetry?
  • Politics and form
  • Protest poetry
  • Discourse, rhetoric and vocabulary
  • Poet as witness
  • Writing back
  • Satire
  • Public poetry

 
Each week students will receive a tutorial via email (illustrated with videos and audio recordings). There will also be writing prompts and exercises to inspire work, an online chat group for discussion and written feedback from the Live Canon team.
Dates and times
Wed 16 Jan to Wed 10 Apr 2019
Pricing
£150 | £75 concessions