Courses
Like any skill, any muscle, a poet's unique take on the world improves and strengthens with exercise...
"a bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise..."
A. A. Milne
Bookings are via email,
MAKING PIES - 3 seminal sessions - fees fit budgets
transformational work for those with low self-esteem
PIES refers to a person's Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, and Spiritual self.
Poetry often acts as a unifying 'glue' leading to a greater sense of wholeness.
Session One, we affirm that we are all poets, since even before we were born, the first sound we heard was the beating rhythm of our mother's heart. We choose random words, string them together, alone or in groups, and share what we have written. Session Two, we revisit the same, and narrow our focus to relay the view or experience of someone else or some thing. Session Three, we revisit the same, yet this time narrow our focus further to write about our visions for ourselves and for our own lives.
Designed for delivery through existing programs within social organisations.
MAKING PIES - 6 workshops - £125 per person*
a series of six workshops to bring out the inner, often hidden poet
PIES refers to a person's Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, and Spiritual self.
Poetry often acts as a unifying 'glue' leading to a greater sense of wholeness.
Workshops begins with sharing work. The aim of the course is to equip poets with tools, develop confidence, and to safely try out new things. There is the option of hosting a local poetry event at the end of the series if circumstances permit.
Sessions are weekly, in person, for up to 2 hours, with 6 participants.
*discounts operate for CoP members and those wishing to organise and host
POETRY, PIES, & BEYOND - 6 workshops - £125 per person*
the much awaited follow-up course to MAKING PIES
PIES refers to a person's Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, and Spiritual self.
Poetry often acts as a unifying 'glue' leading to a greater sense of wholeness.
Led by published and award winning former poet laureate Anne Sikking, six intensive sessions are designed to result in a core of themed work aimed at publication. The pace is fast, and work is required between sessions, from BOTH participants AND Anne, as the workshop leader. Workshops are strictly limited to six people only, and only open to those who have completed MAKING PIES.
*discounts operate for CoP members and those wishing to organise and host
TUTORIALS - £50
private sessions in public spaces within Glasgow City Centre. Sessions and costs can be shared between two participants if so wished.
An opportunity to have a deeper look at your work, consider specific edits or additions. Sessions are designed entirely to accommodate the needs of the participant(s). Focus can be on detail or wider stylistic interpretations. Tutors are trained instructors/teachers, award winning and/or published poets. Email follow-up notes/summary is included.
THE JOBBING POET - £125 per person
three individual zoom workshops geared toward new poet laureates, and those undertaking bespoke work - for 3 in-person sessions within Glasgow add £50.
Participants' use their own work to learn techniques for:
• starting and completing commissioned work
• frameworks to manage the valuable tension between sweat and inspiration
• 'taking the case' when accepting a commission
• limiting the b&f (back and forth) between client and poet
SWOT for the performance poet - £250 per person
A one-day session with some of Glasgow's foremost performance poets, the session is limited to 6 poets. The day's activities require participants to perform their own work for a full SWOT analysis (Strength, weakness, Opportunities, Threats)
This workshop is "brutal" and not for the faint hearted! Please indicate your interest in this workshop 2 months in advance as working performance poets need notice and coordination to arrange the event.
