BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Oxford Poetry Library - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Oxford Poetry Library REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20210101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220901T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220901T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T060812 CREATED:20220708T100407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220814T142840Z UID:3285-1662058800-1662064200@oxfordpoetrylibrary.com SUMMARY:Getting Started With Poetry: Feelings and Colour DESCRIPTION: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 take from the poem\, and ideas you might like to borrow.  There will be plenty of time to write\, and plenty more prompts if you get stuck. At the end of the session\, you’ll be able to share what you’ve written in a supportive environment. \nWhat colour is your sadness? Your joy? Your worry? Your hope? In this month’s workshop we’ll try and pin down the colours of our emotions\, and find new ways of putting them into words. \nAll you need to bring is yourself – these workshops are here for you to enjoy writing and build confidence in your voice. The workshop is open to anyone aged 16+. \nTell us you’ll be coming by booking a ticket here. \nThe Oxford Poetry Library is an accessible space but please do contact us in advance if you have specific requirements. You can email us about this or with any questions about the workshop at oxfordpoetrylibary@gmail.com or fill in the contact form below. \n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit \n \n \n \nΔ URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/getting-started-with-poetry-free-monthly-workshop-2/ LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Event-Cover.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220906T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220906T220000 DTSTAMP:20260409T060812 CREATED:20220708T100710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220805T155330Z UID:3288-1662492600-1662501600@oxfordpoetrylibrary.com SUMMARY:This is just to say - spoken word open mic night DESCRIPTION:Join us in the library on the first Tuesday of every month to enjoy all manner of word-weaving\, story-sharing and spell-casting. \nWe welcome poets\, storytellers\, and writers of all kinds to share their work (or the work of others) in a safe\, supportive\, and inclusive space. \nOxfordshire’s Great Big Green Week is this month\, a week of events helping and encouraging people and organisations to act to help tackle the climate crisis\, and to protect and improve our environment. The theme for Great Big Green Week this year is ENERGY. As part of the proceedings\, for this month’s session we especially invite performances on the theme of ‘energy’ – a theme which can be interpreted ecologically\, biologically\, and environmentally\, but also philosophically and spiritually! We look forward to hearing your interpretations on the theme\, and will prioritize performers with pieces riffing on this theme. \nEvery month we feature a performer with a slightly extended set and this month’s featured performer to grace our stage is Jac Common. Jac (they/them) is a writer and canal-dweller\, originally from Nottingham and now floating in Oxford. They have a lust for pylons and disorganisation\, a PhD in microbial ecology\, and blessedly few marketable skills. Their poetry has appeared online\, most recently in SPAM. \nSlots are 5 minutes long\, and performers sign up on the door – first come\, first served! Performers entry is free! \nAll very welcome to just come and listen. This event is non-ticketed\, with entry £5 on the door (£2 concessions/Patreon patrons). \nDoors at 7.30pm (performers advised to arrive a little earlier!) \nNote: there is no bar but the event is BYOB (wine and beer only\, no spirits please!) and this event is 18+ URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/this-is-just-to-say-spoken-word-open-mic-night-3/ LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/this-is-just-to-say-flyer-e1653772097543.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220927T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220927T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T060812 CREATED:20220821T133105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220825T062219Z UID:3397-1664305200-1664310600@oxfordpoetrylibrary.com SUMMARY:Light about the Darkness DESCRIPTION:The flowers came out and they were on our side – Kenneth Koch \nThe leaves are coming uncoupled from their trees – James (age 5) \nPoems 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. \nAs children we use language experimentally until our imaginative playfulness is discouraged in the name of ‘correctness.’ As poets we must search again for the landscape in which a greater freedom and linguistic athleticism was briefly ours. \nIn this workshop we will examine a selection of poems by contemporary poets\, particularly focussing upon the mechanisms they employ to captivate their reader by swiftly establishing warm rapport with them. \nWe will write quickly to prompts branching from the poems studied\, aiming to outrun our inner police force and its inflexible rules of strict and serious\, of this is right and that is wrong. And develop how to welcome readers into poems where dark subjects are handled\, with humour and a light touch. \nAbout Vanessa:  \nVanessa Lampert is an acupuncturist and poet from Oxfordshire. She has an MA in writing poetry from Newcastle University and Poetry School London. Since 2019 she has won the Café Writers prize\, the Edward Thomas prize\, the Sentinel prize and the Ver Poetry prize twice and come second in the Fish\, Yeovil\, Oxford Brookes\, Ware\, and Kent & Sussex prizes. She has been placed in many others including a commendation in the National Poetry Competition 2020 for which she was also listed in 2021. \nVanessa’s work has been widely published\, most recently been in Magma\, The Moth\, The Oxford Times and Poetry Wales. She co-edits The Alchemy Spoon magazine and teaches children for Learn with Leaders in India. She has run workshops for Hive South Yorkshire\, Poetry School London\, Stanza groups countrywide and Aldeburgh Poetry Festival. Her pamphlet ‘On Long Loan’ is published by Live Canon and her first collection ‘Say It With Me’ will be published by Seren in April 2023. \nThis event is free\, open to all ages and abilities\, and all materials are provided. Please let us know you are coming by booking a ticket here. \nThe Oxford Poetry Library is an accessible space but please do let us know in advance if you have accessibility requirements via the contact form below or emailing us on oxfordpoetrylibrary@gmail.com. \n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit \n \n \n \nΔ URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/light-about-the-darkness/ LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Family Friendly,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/light-about-the-darkness.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR