Syntax, the Nerve of Poetry with Mimi Khalvati, Masterclass, 4/6/23 CANCELLED
APOLOGIES – THIS WORKSHOP IS CANCELLED AS MIMI IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. IF YOU ENROLLED YOU’LL RECEIVE AN EMAIL SHORTLY ABOUT REFUNDS.
THANKS CATHX
Syntax is the very nerve of poetry!
Mimi Khalvati, one of the best poetry teachers on the planet, will explore the power of the short, explicative sentence and the sinuous beauty of the long one, giving full rein to our personal predilections while also experimenting with fresh structures of thought and feeling.
Whether in reading and discussing poems both contemporary and classical, or in writing new poems of your own, in this workshop we will focus not on subject matter or theme but on syntax, the rhythmic pattern and the very nerve of poetry.
Timing and Cost
10am UK // 5pm Perth Australia // Adelaide 6.30pm // Brisbane 7pm // Sydney 7pm // Darwin 6.30pm
Sunday 4th June
1.5 hours long
Cost £25GBP (it fluctuates a little right now but, under $50AUD with cost effective exchange via STRIPE)
Maximum 22 people
Online on Zoom
About Mimi Khalvati
Mimi Khalvati was born in Tehran, Iran, and has lived most of her life in London. She has published nine collections with Carcanet Press, including The Meanest Flower, shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize 2007, Child: New and Selected Poems 1991-2011, a Poetry Book Society Special Commendation, and The Weather Wheel, a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and a book of the year in The Independent. Her latest book is Afterwardness (2019), a collection of gorgeous sonnets awarded a Poetry Book Society Wild Card and a Sunday Times Book of the Year. Her pamphlet, Earthshine (Smith/Dorstop Books 2013) was a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice and her Very Selected Poems appeared from Smith/Doorstop in 2017. Her awards include a Cholmondeley Award from the Society of Authors, a major Arts Council Writer’s Award, and she is the founder of the Poetry School, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of The English Society. Mimi has mentored countless prize-winners in the UK and is thought of by many high profile poets as simply the poetry teacher today.
From a previous workshops with Mimi: I just wanted to say a big thank you for the workshop with Mimi. It was so enriching and I learnt so much. It felt that every word Mimi said was poetry! There is such a lot that I have taken from the workshop. Caroline Hadley
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