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Monday 9 June 2025 - Approaches to traditional form
Led by Erica Hesketh
A poem’s form works like an engine for its ideas, feelings or arguments. A ‘traditional’ form – that is, a form used by lots of poets over space and time – comes with its own resonances of shared use, as well as (usually) a history of being subverted and stretched. In this masterclass, poet and editor Erica Hesketh will talk about how she used form in her collection In the Lily Room to put shape to the at times formless and difficult months of early motherhood. She will also share inspiring uses of form by other poets, and there will be a chance to ask your geekiest questions in the Q&A.

Monday 16 June 2025 - Line breaks and rhythm in poetry
Led by Tamar Yoseloff
The American poet James Longenbach has said that 'poetry is the sound of language organized in lines'. In this session, Tamar Yoseloff discusses the crucial importance of the line as the greatest precision tool we have as poets, particularly within free verse and open forms, and how it effects pacing and drama, how it highlights language and how we can use it to alter how a reader encounters a poem. There will be a Q&A too, so you can ask your own questions about line break and rhythm to Tamar.

Monday 23 June 2025 - Using (and not using) punctuation in poetry
Led by Rishi Dastidar
We know words matter in our poems. But what of the near invisible scaffolding we might use – or not? Punctuation, or its absence, is what gives shape to our work, instructing readers too, helping them to receive what we write. The weight that specific marks carry means that we must pay close attention to their role, and what we want to deploy them to do. Join Rishi Dastidar for a canter through why and how you should consider your commas, stops, dashes and more. There’ll be a Q&A too, so you can pose your own punctuation problems to Rishi.