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Welcome back to the poetry reading group!

TODAY (Wednesday 22nd) at 6pm in HumSS 110, we will be re-starting the poetry reading group. We will be looking at a selection of poems by Charles Baudelaire, with a heady mix of prostitutes, vampires, albatrosses and plenty of intoxication. Our … Continue reading

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Walt Whitman under discussion

On Thursday 4th July, the Contemporary Poetry Discussion Group decided that they were going to be mixing it up a little by changing their usual contemporary focus and looking at Walt Whitman’s ‘Song of Myself’, from Leaves of Grass. In particular, they were looking at the first 11 … Continue reading

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The contemporary poetry discussion group is back!

After a break due to the Reading Poetry Festival – which we hope all enjoyed – we will be discussing one of the poets who attended it, Mark Ford. We will be looking at his recent collection Six Children (2011) … Continue reading

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Poetry Discussion Group: poetry related to museums

Poetry Discussion Group This Thursday (28 Feb) at 5:15 pm in HumSS G57, Whiteknights Campus, we will be discussing poems related to museums. The poems, selected by Lotti, are: W. H. Auden, ‘Musee des Beaux Arts’ James Fenton, ‘The Pitt-Rivers … Continue reading

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Poetry reading: all welcome

Join us in the early evening on Thursday 14 March 2013, for a contemporary poetry reading & a glass of wine. The esteemed poets Elaine Randell and Laurie Duggan are visiting the English Literature Department to treat us to a … Continue reading

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The poetry of J H Prynne

Contempoary Poetry Discussion Group This Thursday, 14th February, at 5:15pm in HumSS G57 (Whiteknights Campus), we will be discussing some poems by J. H. Prynne, one of the most well-known British avant-garde poets.  His work can be notoriously challenging: his collected … Continue reading

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Contemporary poetry discussion group is back!

  This Thursday (31 January), at the usual time of 5:15 pm in HumSS G57, Whiteknights Campus (please note change of venue from last term), we will be discussing the most recent finalists of the TS Eliot Prize, which was awarded earlier … Continue reading

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All welcome to poetry discussion group

This Thursday, 13th December, at the usual time of 5:15pm in HumSS 110, Whiteknights Campus, is the final poetry discussion group of the year! We have based the selection of this week’s poems around the theme of winter. The poems are: … Continue reading

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Edward Dorn discussion

POETRY DISCUSSION GROUP Next Thursday, 29th November,  in HUMSS Room 110 (Whiteknights Campus) at 5:15 pm we will be looking at four poems of the American poet Ed Dorn.   Here is a brief introduction to the poet: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/edward-dorn   All welcome … Continue reading

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T S Eliot Prize discussion

    Do come along this Thursday (1 Nov) in Room 110, HUMSS Building, Whiteknights Campus, to the next meeting of the CONTEMPORARY POETRY   DISCUSSION GROUP This week we will be reading some of the work of the poets shortlisted … Continue reading

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