Getting Cosy with Poetry - Bingham Library - Adult Learning

About this course

As the blazing days of Autumn give way to the longer nights of winter, we often reflect on the seasons: what it means to the natural world as it prepares to rest, and what it means to us.  

Over six sessions, we will use some famous (and not so famous) examples of Autumn poetry to get us writing poetry. This course aims to help you record what you notice and want to remember about this special time. The course is suitable for beginners, but those with some poetry experience are welcome also.  

What will be covered on the course?  

• 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 – poetic form  
• Understanding and using metaphor in poems 
• Giving feedback to others, and receiving feedback on your work 

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?  

• You will have drafted a selection of Autumn-inspired poems 
• You will know how to bring your senses and your experience into poems   
• You will be able to recognize a metaphor in a poem and use it as a poetic technique 
• You will be able to recognize and name three different poetic forms  
• You will have read your work to the group, listened to others’ poems and given feedback on them 

What skills or knowledge do learners already need to have to attend the course? 

•  None except literacy skills and an interest in poetry 

 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.
• 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.

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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
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• West Midlands
• West Yorkshire

Any questions?

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

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