Poetic curses for your ex. A free poetry workshop using empathy, humour and creative curse-writing to process troublesome people from the past, whether they're ex-partners, ex-friends or ex-bosses. Open to new and experienced poets. 18+. All materials provided. We have space for 20 people to join the workshop so please let us know you are … Continue reading Hexes for Exes
This event is delivered in collaboration with The Burner, an Oxford art collective. The workshop will serve as an introduction to translating poetry and as a forum to discuss poetry in translation. The workshop will be facilitated by writers with experience in translating poetry, although the workshop will be by no means an attempt to … Continue reading A Collaborative Introduction to Translating Poetry
This event is delivered in collaboration with The Burner, an Oxford art collective. Makar, ‘maker’, was the Older Scots word for poet, as immortalised in William Dunbar’s Lament for the Makaris. Makar retains the identity of creative practical activity and art from which our ‘poetry’ stems: the Ancient Greek poieō meant to make and to compose … Continue reading Makaris at the Meadow: Zine Launch and Multilingual Poetry Reading
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 free 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: Feelings and Colour
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 space. Oxfordshire's Great Big Green Week is this month, a … Continue reading This is just to say – spoken word open mic night
The flowers came out and they were on our side – Kenneth Koch The leaves are coming uncoupled from their trees – James (age 5) Poems have a special capacity to embrace dark subjects with a light touch. The ‘word machinery’ of a poem can hold such diverse feelings as joy and grief close together and harmoniously. As children we use … Continue reading Light about the Darkness
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 space. Oxfordshire's Great Big Green Week was Sept 24th - … Continue reading This is just to say: spoken word open mic night
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 this workshop, we'll think about the outdoors, how to find our place in it, what its messages might be, or … Continue reading Getting Started With Poetry: ‘Nature’
In these workshops, we will consider how poetry can be a tool for self-expression and social justice, for empathy, and empowerment. This month's workshop is on the topic "Who am I?" We will look at how to write for self-expression and think about topics like Identity, Memory and Belonging. Everyone has something valuable to express and … Continue reading The Poetry Door: Who Am I?
Join Jennifer A McGowan as she celebrates the launch of her second full poetry collection, How to be a Tarot Card (or A Teenager) hosted in collaboration with Arachne Press Taking one of the major Arcana of Tarot as the starting point for each of the poems, Jennifer A McGowan explores the joys and … Continue reading How to be a Tarot Card (or a Teenager) Book Launch
The Oxford Poetry Library are proud to welcome the Griot's Well writers to inspire our city. This group of award-winning writers have been selected for the Writerz & Scribez development programme for Black and ethnically diverse writers over the age of 25. This workshop will focus on how to use collage to find poetic inspiration, and will … Continue reading Griot’s Well Writers: Workshop on Collage and Poetry
On 30th October, the Oxford Poetry Library are proud to welcome the Griot's Well poets who are coming to share their work with the Oxford community. They will be helping deliver a day of free activities which we hope will inspire your creative practice, including a workshop on collage and poetry (check out the other event … Continue reading Griot’s Well Writers Poetry Showcase
