Poetry School: ‘The earthly runs to a stop…’: Endings as Practice & Subject with Ali Lewis
Consider ‘endings’ in all their forms – from the end of the line to the end of time.
In this five-session interactive course, we’ll begin to consider endings, moving from the ends of lines to the many endings in our own lives: of relationships, of journeys – and perhaps even of life on Earth.
Starting with the very smallest endings poets work with, we’ll first explore the art of the line break – when to let it flow, and when to pull the reader up short. Next, we’ll zoom out to workshop different ways of ending poems. Then, we’ll zoom out even further and look at the valedictory poems of collections. In session four, we’ll switch gears and begin to think about endings thematically. Finally, we’ll turn our theory and practice towards the apocalyptic and the visionary, wrangling with the biggest question of our times – the end of life on Earth.
Ali Lewis is a writer, editor, and researcher. His pamphlet, Hotel, is out now from Verve, and his debut collection, Absence, will be published in spring 2024.
5 fortnightly sessions over 10 weeks, starting 4 October 2023. Live Chats on fortnightly Wednesdays, 7–9 pm (GMT); first Live Chat: 18 October 2023.
Dates: 4 October - 13 December 2023
Location: Online
Cost: £122
Further info and to book here.