Getting Cosy with Poetry - West Bridgford Library - Adult Learning

About this course

As the blazing days of Autumn lead to the chill of approaching Winter, we reflect on the seasons: what it means in the natural world as it prepares to rest, and what it means to us. Especially when Christmas is just around the corner.  

In this short 3-session course, we will take time out and use some famous (and not so famous) examples of seasonal poetry to get us writing our own poetry. This course aims to help you record what you notice and want to remember about this time. 

The course is suitable for beginners, but those with some poetry experience are welcome also.  

Course Summary  

• Using others’ poems as inspiration for your own 
• Following existing poems’ structures to build your own  
• Using images and memories to ignite ideas for poems 
• Using your five senses to write  
• Recognising the clues in the shape of a poem – thinking about poetic form  

By the end of the course, you will:- 

• Demonstrate poetry skills by writing two seasonal haiku. 
• Demonstrate poetry skills by drafting a poem to share with the group.  
• Describe features of three poetic forms in class quiz. 
• Complete the reflective journal and identify next steps in poetry, creative writing or other learning   

Suggested Reading for the course:-

• Autumn – An Anthology for the Changing Seasons by Melissa Harrison (available through Inspire libraries) 

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our webpage for further information  https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

• Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING, AND
• Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

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To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).  As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater London
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• By phone: 01623 677 200
• By email: learning@inspireculture.org.uk

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