2021 Events
Workshops (Draft programme)
Until further notice, workshops will be conducted using Zoom because of the coronavirus epidemic.
Please note: All our online workshops run from 2.00pm -5.00pm unless otherwise stated.
The fee for online workshops is £15, concessions £10.
Bookings open about a month before each workshop. Please email Simon Millward to reserve a place. Payment should be made asap to confirm your booking:
Via bank transfer to
Moor Poets
LLOYDS Bank, Totnes
Sort code: 30.98.69
Account: 02043668
Or send a cheque payable to ‘Moor Poets’ to our treasurer:
Tom Woodman, 30 Teign St. Teignmouth. TQ14 8EG
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Sat. June 12th, 2pm until 5pm: Anthony Wilson - Written on the Body
What do we talk about when we talk about our health? ‘How are you?’ is the most commonly asked question, and the least truthfully answered. If you are interested in exploring the metaphors of illness from a patient perspective, this workshop is for you. It is led by poet and writing tutor Anthony Wilson, whose first-hand experience of cancer informs his writing practice. Among others, we will look at the poems of Julia Darling, Alison Mosquera, Raymond Carver and Tony Hoagland as models of speaking directly about what happens when our bodies and our minds refuse to behave. Bring your heart, your head and your hands.
Bookings are open and only a few places are left. Helen is handling this one so please email her at helenmboyles@gmail.com to register your interest.
Workshops (Draft programme)
Until further notice, workshops will be conducted using Zoom because of the coronavirus epidemic.
Please note: All our online workshops run from 2.00pm -5.00pm unless otherwise stated.
The fee for online workshops is £15, concessions £10.
Bookings open about a month before each workshop. Please email Simon Millward to reserve a place. Payment should be made asap to confirm your booking:
Via bank transfer to
Moor Poets
LLOYDS Bank, Totnes
Sort code: 30.98.69
Account: 02043668
Or send a cheque payable to ‘Moor Poets’ to our treasurer:
Tom Woodman, 30 Teign St. Teignmouth. TQ14 8EG
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Sat. June 12th, 2pm until 5pm: Anthony Wilson - Written on the Body
What do we talk about when we talk about our health? ‘How are you?’ is the most commonly asked question, and the least truthfully answered. If you are interested in exploring the metaphors of illness from a patient perspective, this workshop is for you. It is led by poet and writing tutor Anthony Wilson, whose first-hand experience of cancer informs his writing practice. Among others, we will look at the poems of Julia Darling, Alison Mosquera, Raymond Carver and Tony Hoagland as models of speaking directly about what happens when our bodies and our minds refuse to behave. Bring your heart, your head and your hands.
Bookings are open and only a few places are left. Helen is handling this one so please email her at helenmboyles@gmail.com to register your interest.
Anthony Wilson is a poet, writing tutor and lecturer. His most recent books are The Afterlife (Worple Press, 2019) and Deck Shoes, a collection of essays (Impress Books, 2019). His Lifesaving Poems blog can be found at www.anthonywilsonpoetry.com.
My new books The Afterlife and Deck Shoes are available now.
My new books The Afterlife and Deck Shoes are available now.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________Sat. July 10th, 2pm until 5pm: Sue Proffitt on Plants - Booking now open.
Plants are our elders and ancestors. They began colonising the Earth 500 million years ago, around the same time as the emergence of the first land animals. We depend on them for the air we breathe, foods we eat, tools we use, clothes we wear, as well as for our health and mental wellbeing. We owe them everything, but our emotional and psychological disconnection from them means that we are losing plant species at unparalleled rates: those currently unknown to us, as well as those we know to be vital for our survival. Our relationship with plants is deep in our DNA, and here’s an opportunity to spend a few hours thinking about our personal connections to them, through poetry. How important are plants to us? How have they featured in our lives? Are there plants we turn to, in crisis or when we’re happy? Let’s find out!
Sue Proffitt lives on the coast in South Devon and has been writing poetry all her life. She has two collections: Open After Dark (Oversteps, 2017) and The Lock-Picker (Palewell Press, 2021). In 2018 she was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship. Her work has been published in a number of magazines and anthologies.
Saturday Sept 18th, 10am until 4pm: Caroline Carver. Theme inspired by the Pilgrim fathers’ journey in the Mayflower sailing from Plymouth to America 400 years ago
Sunday 17th October, 10am until 4pm: Chris Waters. Theme on Colour/Light and Shade
Hopefully the last two in September and October will both be all day face to face workshops (10am until 4pm), the others all 3 hour online ones.
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Plants are our elders and ancestors. They began colonising the Earth 500 million years ago, around the same time as the emergence of the first land animals. We depend on them for the air we breathe, foods we eat, tools we use, clothes we wear, as well as for our health and mental wellbeing. We owe them everything, but our emotional and psychological disconnection from them means that we are losing plant species at unparalleled rates: those currently unknown to us, as well as those we know to be vital for our survival. Our relationship with plants is deep in our DNA, and here’s an opportunity to spend a few hours thinking about our personal connections to them, through poetry. How important are plants to us? How have they featured in our lives? Are there plants we turn to, in crisis or when we’re happy? Let’s find out!
Sue Proffitt lives on the coast in South Devon and has been writing poetry all her life. She has two collections: Open After Dark (Oversteps, 2017) and The Lock-Picker (Palewell Press, 2021). In 2018 she was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship. Her work has been published in a number of magazines and anthologies.
Saturday Sept 18th, 10am until 4pm: Caroline Carver. Theme inspired by the Pilgrim fathers’ journey in the Mayflower sailing from Plymouth to America 400 years ago
Sunday 17th October, 10am until 4pm: Chris Waters. Theme on Colour/Light and Shade
Hopefully the last two in September and October will both be all day face to face workshops (10am until 4pm), the others all 3 hour online ones.
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Cancelled 2020 Programme (all day face to face workshops)
This programme will probably form the basis for next year but all dates and venues will need to be re-arranged
For further details contact Simon Millward.
Sat 4th April - Katrina Naomi on Japanese poetry.
Venue: Likely to be Broadhempston village hall, to be confirmed
Bookings: Now open for bookings with Simon Millward.
Sat 9th May - Andy Brown and Marc Woodward on songwriting.
Venue: to be confirmed
Sat 6th June - Sue Boyle Theme to be confirmed. Sue still open to members' suggestions.
Venue: to be confirmed
Anthony Wilson in July, either the second or third weekend, exact date tbc. Likely theme to be along the lines of his Written on the Body series for The Poetry School some years ago. If anyone has already done this before please let me know.
Venue: to be confirmed
Either 19th or 20th Sep - Caroline Carver Theme along the lines of the Pilgrim fathers' journey to America and the sailing of the Mayflower from Plymouth exactly 400 years ago in September.
Venue: to be confirmed
Sat 17th October - Chris Waters Theme on Colour/ Light and Shade:
An exploration of how we can use colour in our work, both descriptively and symbolically. Aim of keeping the poem visually anchored and alive, even when theme or focus might be more 'abstract'.... also look at how some renaissance art terms (chiaroscuro, sprezzatura) might be relevant to our writing practice.
Venue: to be confirmed
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Click here for some examples of previous workshops.
This programme will probably form the basis for next year but all dates and venues will need to be re-arranged
For further details contact Simon Millward.
Sat 4th April - Katrina Naomi on Japanese poetry.
Venue: Likely to be Broadhempston village hall, to be confirmed
Bookings: Now open for bookings with Simon Millward.
Sat 9th May - Andy Brown and Marc Woodward on songwriting.
Venue: to be confirmed
Sat 6th June - Sue Boyle Theme to be confirmed. Sue still open to members' suggestions.
Venue: to be confirmed
Anthony Wilson in July, either the second or third weekend, exact date tbc. Likely theme to be along the lines of his Written on the Body series for The Poetry School some years ago. If anyone has already done this before please let me know.
Venue: to be confirmed
Either 19th or 20th Sep - Caroline Carver Theme along the lines of the Pilgrim fathers' journey to America and the sailing of the Mayflower from Plymouth exactly 400 years ago in September.
Venue: to be confirmed
Sat 17th October - Chris Waters Theme on Colour/ Light and Shade:
An exploration of how we can use colour in our work, both descriptively and symbolically. Aim of keeping the poem visually anchored and alive, even when theme or focus might be more 'abstract'.... also look at how some renaissance art terms (chiaroscuro, sprezzatura) might be relevant to our writing practice.
Venue: to be confirmed
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Click here for some examples of previous workshops.
