Gillian Allnutt talks about how she wrote her recent T.S. Eliot Prize shortlisted poetry collection 'Lode'.

A new Poetry School programme, giving students a thorough grounding in the craft of writing poetry, with Module 1 taught by Rachel Long!

Check out our Quick Course Guide for the Spring 2026 term which will help you pick a course to take at the Poetry School.

Explore themes of migration, colonialism, and Empire, alongside relationships with the natural environment and the different experiences people have of contemporary countryside life with Louisa Adjoa Parker on this new course.

Poetry Courses: Form, Freedom, & Falling Leaves. Master the art of poetry this Autumn 2025. Explore sonnets, structured forms and more.