Real images, magic ingredients
Are there certain ‘magic ingredients’ that make a poem work? What is it about particular images that cause them to lodge themselves in the reader’s mind? Using a combination of exercises and plenty of contemporary examples, we will not only attempt to answer these questions, but will also look at ways of spinning the clutter of our everyday lives into lively, imaginative and memorable poems.
Start Date:
Monday, 7th April 2008
End Date:
Saturday, 12th April 2008
Monday, 7th April 2008
End Date:
Saturday, 12th April 2008
Julia Copus
Julia Copus’s most recent collection is In Defence of Adultery (Bloodaxe Books). She won first prize in the 2002 National Poetry Competition and is currently a Royal Literary Fellow at Exeter University. Visit www.juliacopus.co.uk.
Roger McGough
Roger McGough is the author of over fifty books for adults and children. His autobiography, Said and Done (Arrow Books), was published in 2005 and his Selected Poems (Penguin) was published in 2006. Visit www.rogermcgough.org.uk.
Roger McGough is the author of over fifty books for adults and children. His autobiography, Said and Done (Arrow Books), was published in 2005 and his Selected Poems (Penguin) was published in 2006. Visit www.rogermcgough.org.uk.
Katherine Pierpoint
Katherine Pierpoint's collection of poems Truffle Beds (Faber and Faber) won a Somerset Maugham award and was shortlisted for the TS Eliot prize.
Katherine Pierpoint's collection of poems Truffle Beds (Faber and Faber) won a Somerset Maugham award and was shortlisted for the TS Eliot prize.
This course is based at:
Totleigh Barton
Sheepwash, Beaworthy
Devon
Tel: 01409 231338
Fax: 01409 231144
Email: totleighbarton@arvonfoundation.org
Totleigh Barton
Sheepwash, Beaworthy
Devon
Tel: 01409 231338
Fax: 01409 231144
Email: totleighbarton@arvonfoundation.org
