Writing poetry: experiments in chance and choice

City Lit

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Description

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    Course

  • Location

    London

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    Different dates available

The course will look at ways to generate raw material and ideas for new and existing poems through exercises, employing chance/experimental methods and choice –from flow-writing, cut-ups and found lines to syllabic meter and imagery. How do we choose what to do with raw material? What are some methods we can use to shape our experimental writing into poems?

The Tutor
Barbara Marsh is a London-based American writer, musician and teacher, and winner of the 2015 Troubadour International Poetry Prize. Her poetry has appeared in various magazines and pamphlets and been widely anthologised in the UK. She was formerly half of The Dear Janes and currently plays with Vachement Bath. She has an Mphil in Creative Writing from the University of Glamorgan.

City Lit reserves the right to change course tutors from those advertised in this outline. In line with our refund policy we are unable to grant a refund on the grounds of a change of tutor.

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

• Express an understanding of some new techniques for starting and revising a poem
• Begin to work on a new or existing poem using exercises and techniques introduced in the class
• Begin to assess poems provided in class, based on discussions and your own reading and opinions
• Discuss the individual texts.

Please bring loose paper, a writing notebook, pens and pencils, a folder, highlighters, newspapers and magazines of interest to you, scissors and gluesticks and/or sellotape.

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Subjects

  • Poetry
  • Poems
  • Writing

Course programme

Experiments and the act of discovery: we will explore how to allow words onto the page by chance and what methods we can choose to create new poems or revise or re-envision existing poems using these new ideas.

Teaching will be through writing exercises, small and large group discussion and tutor input. All writing courses at City Lit will involve an element of workshop. This means that students will produce work which will be discussed in an open and constructive environment with the tutor and other students. The college operates a policy of constructive criticism, and all feedback on another student’s work by the tutor and other students should be delivered in that spirit. For classes longer than one day regular reading and writing exercises will be set for completion at home to set deadlines.

Additional information

City Lit has a range of poetry and creative writing courses on offer. You may be interested in our intermediate and advanced classes, including 'Paths through poetry', 'New narrative poetry', and 'Poetry in the making'. All students are invited to join us at Late Lines, our regular performance night for City Lit writers. Students are also encouraged to submit their work to Between the Lines, our annual anthology of creative writing. For the latest news, courses and events, stay in touch with the Department on Facebook and Twitter. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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