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ISSN 1468-3075 Managing Editor: Jim Bennett

UPDATED Sunday 6th April 2025

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FROM OUR BOOKSHOP Poetry Kit Recommended Books BOOK OF THE MONTH Collected Poems Roger McGough	POETRY KIT COURSES POETRY KIT COURSES BROCHURE (PDF) "...extraordinary value for money." Wherever you are as a poet we can help you get to the next level. Courses for beginners and experienced poets. Mentoring and critique service also available. PK COURSES WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY	POETS LISTINGS Our Who's Who is changing. In the future each poet will get a page of their own on Poetry Kit's new Who's Who including poems, bio, publication links. This is a new service under development at the moment. For more details info@poetrykit.org Poets on the Internet Who's Who Poetry Blogs General Poetry Sites To be considered for inclusion send a brief bio to info@poetrykit.org

FEATURED POET Peter Thabit Jones CITN 190 See other past editions at Caught in the Net	POETRY KIT BLOG TED SLADE AWARD 2024 Ronnie Goodyer and Dawn Bauling (Indigo Dreams) Nominations now open for the 2025 award READ MORE ABOUT THIS AWARD Caught in the Net	OTHER LISTINGS Writers groups / Workshops Courses Funding & Grants Organisation Publishers Speciality Q&A on Poetry Lexicon

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New in April 2025 Spring Poetry Workshop 3 weeks of poetry fun. Poetry exercises that will inspire you to engage with the new season like never before. We will be looking to develop poems from the small events and the large, from the personal to nature and the time of year. This will be a fun workshop with the serious intent to produce some fine poetry. The course will be conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 – https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=UZG6XP2V6G2YN New in May 2025 Voice in Poetry (1) You will often hear the term “voice” being used, and this is said to refer to a number of different poetic features. This short course is the first of two that looks at some of these features. In this first part we will be looking at the poets own voice and the basic voice of the poem and how to use them in to get the best from a poem. The two courses are independent and although The course is over three weeks at a cost of £30 https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=B4H5XCBF2M4JQ	Every month we have many short courses that take place over three weeks. These cover many subjects in poetry from Ekphrastic Poetry to poetry in Times of Change. There is something for everyone and we are adding to our course availability each month. In addition each summer we have our Summer School and in December the December Poetry Workshop. Click link below for a list of all available short courses SHORT COURSES --------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL OFFER Book any two of our short courses for £50 using the link below, and then please write to us at info@poetrykit.org to let us know which two courses you would like. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=6ESMVNLE4NG6Q	MENTORING Our most popular course is the longer mentoring programme. This lasts from 3 to 6 months depending on response times from the participant. All mentoring is with Jim Bennett and is individually designed to meet the needs of the participant. The cost of this is £110 but places are limited. For further details or to enrol for this course, go to mentoring (poetrykit.org) INTRODUCTION TO POETRY POETRY FOUNDATION COURSE PART 1 POETRY COURSE PART 2 POETRY COURSE MENTORING FOR POETS MENTORING FOR WRITERS POETS MASTERCLASS POETRY OF BOB DYLAN CRITIQUE There are other longer courses available and details can be found here Courses

PK Poetry List The Poetry Kit's own e-mail discussion list which is one of the longest established and one of the best poetry discussion lists on the Internet. To join the list go tof jiscmail or email info@poetrykit.org for information. PK List website. PKpages - projects archive Transparent Words Poetry Kit Magazine LUNCH POETRY IN THE PLAGUE YEAR 2020/21 Over 600 poems from 21 Countries Submissions now closed		Follow Poetry Kit on TWITTER To receive the Poetry Kit newsletter click here

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