Poets Go To War with John Bartlett

 

This workshop will consider questions such as – what is a ‘war poet' or ‘war poetry’? And can poetry really make a difference to world events? Participants will read and discuss contemporary poetry from Russian, Ukrainian, Israeli and Palestinian poets and respond to sample poetry with their own writing exercises. Copies of poems to be discussed will be provided ahead of the workshop.

Up to 15 participants. For beginners with a little poetry experience to more advanced writers aged 18+