Warm the Winter with Poetry - Bingham Library - Adult Learning

About this course

As days get much shorter, we can’t deny Winter is on its way. But even the winter months can hold joys for us: the pleasures of frosty mornings and warm satisfying food eaten in good company. This course is about reading and writing poems that celebrate the good things of winter safe in the knowledge that, despite the weather, another Spring is on its way.    

This four-session course is at Intermediate level, for those who have written poetry before, and are used to sharing their work for group feedback.  

Course Summary: 

•  Close reading of others’ poems and taking inspiration for your own work 
• Experimenting with existing poems’ structures to build your own  
• Trying out new and familiar poetic forms  
• Sharpening your use of images  
• Linking the shape and form of your poem to what you want to say   

By the end of the course, you will:

• Demonstrate poetry skills by writing two seasonal haiku. 
• Demonstrate poetry skills by drafting a poem that demonstrates anaphora.  
• Give and receive constructive feedback on each other’s work in class which is used to develop work.     
• Describe features of four poetic techniques in class quiz. 
• Complete the reflective journal and identify next steps in poetry, creative writing or other learning   

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.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking.  If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

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
• Greater Manchester
• Liverpool City Region
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
• Tees Valley
• West of England
• West Midlands
• West Yorkshire

Any questions?

Check the FAQs page, or get in touch:

• By phone: 01623 677 200
• By email: learning@inspireculture.org.uk

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