Poetry from Art
Three poetry-writing courses led by award winning poet Pascale Petit.
Modern art offers fertile starting points to fire the imagination and create surprising poems. These courses are an opportunity to write poems in response to displays and exhibitions in the galleries. As well as trying out plenty of creative writing exercises we will discuss how to shape and edit material into finished poems. There will be friendly group feedback of work in progress and we’ll read some contemporary poets for inspiration.
Each course lasts six weeks and is independent of the other courses. You can do one, two or all three terms. All three are designed to have a cumulative effect, to guide you from producing first drafts to readying poems for final publication. Each term will also include either a public reading or online/print publication.
Here is a chance to encounter Tate Modern’s magical setting in the evening when the galleries are quiet, when you can embark on an intimate dialogue with international masterpieces to develop your own poetry in unexpected directions.
The courses are open to both beginners and experienced writers.
- Poetry from Art: Poetry from Art: Starting Poems – Writing Mondays 19 October to 23 November 2009, 18.45–20.15
- Poetry from Art: Poetry from Art: a public reading by poets on the course Monday 23 November 2009 free
- Poetry from Art: Poetry from Art : Shaping Poems - Image-making Mondays 22 February to 29 March 2010, 18.45–20.15
- Poetry from Art: Poetry from Art:: Finishing Poems - Editing Mondays 7 June to 12 July 2010, 18.45–20.15
Pascale Petit has published four poetry collections and was twice shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize. A Next Generation poet, she has been Poetry Editor of Poetry London and was a founding tutor of The Poetry School.