Your Poems Are Powerhouses

Unassailable strength. Voice, shaking the rafters with its assurance. Truth that rattles the floorboards of the everyday. The best poems have them, and so too do yours, even when the power of your writing feels concealed from your own gaze. In this three-part intensive masterclass, join Shivanee Ramlochan as she presents a pathway to your own poems’ power. The masterclass will focus on close readings of catalytic Caribbean and international poems, immersive craft exercises, and dedicated in-workshop feedback: each participant will receive individual, oral and written commentary on their work. Your Poems are Powerhouses features an exclusive guest tutor visit from Olive Senior, Poet Laureate of Jamaica 2021-2024.

This masterclass is primed for poets on the verge of submitting their manuscripts for consideration to agents or publishers, or individual and grouped poems for competitions, residencies and fellowships.

Allow yourself access to your own power, poet: your creative legacy, as you hew and form your own house of verses, requires nothing less.

Level: Intermediate/AdvancedWriters must submit one poem, indicative of their strongest work in progress, in advance upon masterclass acceptance: they will receive written feedback on this piece, as well as further feedback on the work they generate during the masterclass.