The Straw Yard | Sunday 11 October 2026, 10am
Join poet, author teacher and coach, Alison Smith for a 2 hour workshop where you will hear, read, write and share poetry – powerful words in powerful combinations. Alison will explore what a poem is, and will share her own poems as well as her favourites by other poets. There will then be a creative exercise designed to free the poet within. We will end by a sharing and celebration of the poems written.
This workshop is for both new and experienced poets.
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