New Poetry Workshops in Bath

Hosted by Poetry Society Stanza representative Sue Boyle

The Stanza 25 workshops will be taking place in the BRLSI building in Queen Square on Saturday afternoons in alternate months during 2025. Places can be booked through the BRLSI website and will welcome all poetry enthusiasts and practitioners of fine poetry who enjoy collaborative events. Learn more by visiting some of the other posts on this site.

BOOKING NOW 2025 dates : Saturdays 15 February, 5 April, 21 June, 16 August

Here are some of the topics already suggested by workshop poets and their friends. Topics in bold type have already been suggested for the workshop on February 15th. Please send in more topics for this list

• What is poetry?
• Poetry and music
• Writing for performance
• Writing for Radio/ The Poetry Place on West Wilts Radio
• The classical tradition in English poetry
• Planning our event for Bath Heritage Week 2025
• Poetry and politics including the politics of the climate catastrophe
• How do you know when a poem is finished?
• ‘Feel good’ vs ‘academic’ and ‘problematical’ poetry
• The ballad old and new
• Writing the Wilderness / The Writer and the Wolf
• Using the internet
• What makes a poem win a competition prize?
• Poetry in translation
• Revise, revise, revise
• How can we be certain that a poem is ‘good?’

Recent posts

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• Poetry on the Edge
• Calendar of Stanza 25events
• Summer Concert of Readings 21st June 2025
• Almost Our Very Own Festival of Poetry?
• An Afternoon of Good Poetry at Bridge House