Poems to Love, Sparks of Monthly Inspiration

Relish poems to love for simply pure enjoyment in these short monthly informal meetings on Zoom, that are also very affordable.

Each month (5 May, 2 June, 7 July 2026) the facilitator will choose a couple of poems that they find exciting, arresting or just wonderful. In small groups, poems will be read and discussed together as readers and as writers looking at the content, form, poetic techniques, voice, syntax and other stylistic aspects. Then will write short responses to the poems.

It’s a simple format with two sessions of close reading and discussing poems and two opportunities for writing.

These short sessions are only 45mins to one hour long, a shot in the arm for inspiration, professional development and most importantly a reminder to keep expanding your reading joy, being inspired by great poems, new and old.

Facilitator, Cath Drake is from Perth, Australia and has lived in London, UK for almost 25 years. Her poetry collection, The Shaking City (Seren Books, 2020) was longlisted in international Laurel Prize and highly commended in the UK Forward Prize. It followed Sleeping with Rivers, a Poetry Book Society Choice & winner of the Seren/Mslexia poetry prize