WISE WOMEN Poetry Workshop 2: North American poets
There is something in me maybe someday
to be written; now it is folded, and folded,
and folded, like a note in school.
Sharon Olds, ‘A week Later’
The Wise Women Poetry Workshop returns! In 10 weekly sessions from February to April we’ll read, discuss and draw inspiration from a range of work from contemporary North American women poets. You’ll be given ideas and prompts to spark new poems, and constructive feedback on your own work in a nurturing, supportive group space.
You do not need to have attended the workshop in autumn term to join in February 2025.
· Discover new work from contemporary North American women poets.
· Gain in-depth knowledge of the skills, techniques and preoccupations of some of the best women poets writing in English today.
· Be inspired to create and share new poetry.
· Develop your craft and confidence as part of a supportive community.
This workshop for women and non-binary folk, tutored by the brilliant award-winning poet and creative writing lecturer Kate Potts, is designed for poets with some experience seeking a more in-depth creative engagement with contemporary poetry by women.
We’ll be looking at poetry from the following collections (photocopies will be provided):
Arias, Sharon Olds
Look, Solmaz Sharif
Postcolonial Love Song, Natalie Diaz
Bestiary, Donika Kelly
Our Andromeda, Brenda Shaughnessy
NOX, Anne Carson
To 2040, Jorie Graham
Incendiary Art, Patricia Smith
Bluets, Maggie Nelson
This Afterlife, A.E. Stallings
Book copies will be available to borrow from the tutor and from Stroud Library.
Venue: The Meeting Room, Stroud Library, Five Valleys Shopping Centre, King St, Stroud GL5 1RR
Timing: Wednesdays 10.00am-12.15pm, 12 February to 16 April 2025
Cost: £230 for 10 weeks. The fee can be paid in one (£230) or you can secure your spot by paying one instalment of £115 now, with the second instalment being due by 1st February 2025.
There are also two concessionary places available (see options below ).
For more information, please email poet@katepotts.net.