Summer School 2012
The 8th Tower Poetry Summer School for young poets aged 18-23 will be held in Christ Church, Oxford from 28-31 August 2012. The tutors will be Alan Gillis (University of Edinburgh, Scotland) and Kevin Young (Emory University, Atlanta, USA).
Tower Poetry,
Christ Church,
Oxford, OX1 1DP
Tel: 01865 286591
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This is an occasional series featuring the work of established or emerging poets. Sometimes the section will showcase work which has not yet been published in the UK, and sometimes the featured poet will turn a critical eye on their own work, and reveal the ways in which the chosen poems began, were shaped and then revised.
Latest PoetryNovember 2011 Chloe Stopa-Hunt is a Featured Poet - three of her poems are included here. July 2010 Tess Somervell has won the Lord Alfred Douglas Memorial Prize 2010 with her poem From Mary Spencer to George Stubbs. Read more poetry here. |
About Tower Poetry
Tower Poetry exists to encourage and challenge everyone who reads or writes poetry. Funded by a generous bequest to Christ Church, Oxford, by the late Christopher Tower, the aims of Tower Poetry are clear: to stimulate an enjoyment and critical appreciation of poetry, particularly among young people in education, and to challenge people to write their own poetry. Creative writing should be a central element in literary education, and learning about writing poetry can help students to think about ways of reading poetry.
Publications
Poems from the 7th Tower Poetry Summer School 2010
Edited by Daljit Nagra and Jo Shapcott
The Twelve contains 56 poems from the 12 young poets who attended the Summer School.