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  • The Reading Circle

    The Community Works 21 Park End Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

    People who never read poetry don’t write poems that are worth reading – Wendy Cope   If you’re keen to find a way in to reading and appreciating poetry, discover … Continue reading The Reading Circle

    Free – £10

  • The Hip Crowd

    The Community Works 21 Park End Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Hey! The rumours are true. It’s… The Hip Crowd Open Mic!   Oxford Poetry Library and Makespace Oxford bring you an open mic event especially for folks with babes-in-arms, but … Continue reading The Hip Crowd

    £5

  • The Untranslateable in Poetry: a workshop

    The Community Works 21 Park End Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

    In your recent holiday abroad, what’s the foreign phrase that you’ve used or pondered about most? And isn’t it beautiful and mysterious that words like ‘light’ harbour so many meanings? Join us on November 30th at 2pm-4pm in The Community Works for this exclusive one-off workshop where we will respond to writing prompts around traveling … Continue reading The Untranslateable in Poetry: a workshop

    £2 – £10

  • This Is Just To Say: spoken word open mic

    The Community Works 21 Park End Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Oxford Poetry Library presents a spoken word open mic night! Join us in the library on the first Tuesday of every month to enjoy all manner of word-weaving, story-sharing, and spell-casting. We welcome poets, storytellers, and writers of all kinds to share their work (or the work of others) in a safe, supportive, and inclusive … Continue reading This Is Just To Say: spoken word open mic

    £5

  • An Evening of Poetry with Carrie Etter, Harry Man, Claire Crowther and Jenny Lewis

    The Community Works 21 Park End Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

    On 5 December at 7.30pm in The Community Works, we welcome 4 excellent local poets to showcase their newest publications! Warm up with an enticing evening of new and recent poetry featuring Oxford book launches and readings from – Real Lear: New and Selected Poems (Shearsman, 2024) by Claire Crowther, Popular Song (Nine Arches Press, … Continue reading An Evening of Poetry with Carrie Etter, Harry Man, Claire Crowther and Jenny Lewis

    £2 – £5

  • Drafting Table Workshop Session

    Welcome to our poetry drafting group, where we share our emerging poems with each other and provide feedback in a safe and inclusive environment. Maybe you have been attending the Getting Started sessions and feel ready to edit your work and develop your ideas. Maybe you’re an experienced but unpublished poet who wants to take those … Continue reading Drafting Table Workshop Session

  • Getting Started With Poetry

    The Community Works 21 Park End Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Whether you’ve never written a poem before, have just started to write, or aren’t sure if what you’re writing is poetry, this monthly workshop is a chance to carve out some time for writing. In each workshop, we’ll read a poem together, and use it as our starting point. We’ll suggest some prompts you could … Continue reading Getting Started With Poetry

    Free