Feb
26
6:30 PM18:30

Poets in response to Blake: Keith Jarrett, Chris McCabe, Robert Montgomery + Tamar Yoseloff

Come along to hear from some of the UK's most dynamic poets as they present new work in response to Flat Time House's exhibition, The Bard. Over 250 years after the young William Blake saw a vision of an angel in a tree on Peckham Rye, Flat Time House has commissioned six poets to bring their words and visions to Peckham. Each of the poets has been commissioned to write in response to the life and work of William Blake and/or in response to that other creator of cosmologies, John Latham. You will have time to see how the poet's words have been installed on the walls of Flat Time House as part of the exhibition, as well as hearing the new work written in response to two artists (Blake and Latham) who felt they 'must create a system or be enslaved by another man's' (Jerusalem).  

Booking through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-in-response-to-blake-tickets-88863032723

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Dec
4
8:00 PM20:00

Beyond Imitation at the Poetry Library

What is poetry’s relationship with art? Find out at this discussion featuring readings by guest poets.

Our own ‘gallery of voices’ includes guest speakers and poets Tamar Yoseloff, Claire Collison, Abegail Morley and Kathryn Maris, who read their work.

They explore themes such as the visual landscape of the poem, how the poet brings the artist to life, the daily practice of the artist-poet and what ekphrastic poetry does that other forms do not.

Tickets £7, available from the Southbank Centre website link below.

https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/137579-beyond-imitation-2019

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Oct
8
7:30 PM19:30

Mole Valley Sofa Poet

  • Dorking Christian Centre (Upper Lecture Room) (map)
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Tamar Yoseloff makes a welcome return to the Mole Valley Poets sofa to lead this workshop where she will read and discuss her own work and inspirations, and encourage, motivate and inspire participation in writing on the night. £10 on the door. To pre-book for this event email secretary@molevalleypoets.co.uk. For more information please visit http://www.molevalleypoets.co.uk/

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Sep
29
1:30 PM13:30

Alde Valley Festival workshop and reading: The Poet in the Landscape

Join poet Tamar Yoseloff in a practical poetry workshop 1.30pm – 4.30pm on Saturday September 29th 2018 at White House Farm, Great Glemham, Suffolk IP17 1LS, alongside of Alde Valley Spring Festival’s autumn programme ! Cornucopia ! There will be a separate event 5pm – 6.30pm, readings by Tamar Yoseloff and Suffolk Poetry Society (SPS) members/workshop participants. Both events are open to non-members and SPS members alike. Booking via the SPS website: https://shop.suffolkpoetrysociety.org.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=62

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Jul
21
10:00 AM10:00

Ekphrasis: Poetry and Visual Art

10.00 am - 4.00 pm
Broadhempston Village Hall, Kings Close Field, Broadhempston TQ9 6F
To book, contact Susan Jordan   NB This workshop is almost fully booked. If there are no places left, there will be a waiting list.

Ekphrasis is a term from the Greek which may be used to describe a piece of writing that responds directly to visual art. In this workshop we will consider how to use art as a springboard for poems. We’ll look at the concepts behind ekphrastic writing through close readings of Seamus Heaney, Gillian Clarke and WS Merwin. Through a series of writing exercises, participants will be guided towards producing new work during the session, and there will be an opportunity to share early drafts and ideas. 

 

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Jun
30
11:00 AM11:00

The Shape of a Poem at Asthall Manor

In this practical writing workshop, we will look at how a poem's shape affects the way in which we read it, and how we can be inspired by the sculptures in the on form exhibition to write new poems.

on form is the only exhibition in the UK dedicated exclusively to stone sculpture, set in the beautiful gardens of Asthall Manor, Burford OX18 4HW: http://www.onformsculpture.co.uk/

Booking: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-shape-of-a-poem-poetry-workshop-with-tamar-yoseloff-tickets-43307626276

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Jun
23
10:30 AM10:30

The New York Influence part 2: Basquiat and Jazz Poetry

Jean-Michel Basquiat first rose to prominence in the late 1970s, when a blend of early post punk, hip hop and street art was breathing new energy into the New York art scene. Basquiat was also influenced by jazz and bebop, as exemplified by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk. In this session, we’ll take inspiration from Basquiat’s ‘personal iconography’, the combination of text and image in his paintings, and some jazz-influenced poems – from Langston Hughes and Frank O’Hara, amongst others – and use this improvisatory and collaborative energy to create new poems of our own.

This workshop is held at the Poetry School, 1, Dock Offices, Surrey Quays Rd, London SE16 2XU

Booking here: https://poetryschool.com/courses/new-york-influence-2-basquiat-jazz-poetry/

Please note this session is now sold out. Contact the Poetry School to join the waiting list

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