Complete beginners to poetry sought! Relative newcomers very welcome! Seasoned poets – come along too! This is a course for anyone who wants to liberate their creativity and immerse themselves in the joy of language. Playful, fun, entertaining, enlightening – explore your word power with Paul Lyalls.

Enjoy this set of 5 workshops, one of 3 separate sets which can be taken in any order.

Over the weeks we explore: Sparks that ignite every time; Eternal Truths – Devils and Angels; The magic in everything we do; A sense of place: ghosts and shadows; The confessions of possessions; Fairytales and song lyrics: meaning and reconvening.

A note to prose writers: have you ever wondered what it is like to write in the poetic form? Perhaps you write in prose automatically, but would like to try to use language in another way. If your fiction needs a lift, if your life-writing needs lilt, if your central characters don’t quite sing (or even if they do!) you can free your writing through poetry.

Monday evenings, 6.30pm to 9pm. April 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23 (5 weeks due to Bank Holiday). £100.

Email kate@collage-arts.org to enrol.