Poetry Tutored Retreat

‘The role, the rise, the carol, the creation’ (Gerard Manley Hopkins). Writing poetry is a joy, but sometimes our fires need feeding. Through detailed, sympathetic and challenging responses to your current work, we will help you rediscover the absorbing pleasures of developing and honing the poems that only you can write. We expect you to be productive, to have fun, and to surprise yourself and us – all in the glorious setting of the house and grounds of The Hurst. There will be space and time galore for uninterrupted writing, as well as optional short daily bursts of creative reading to spur you on. Participants are invited to send three or four sample poems for us to read in advance (not more than 120 lines in total) to thehurst@arvon.org by Friday 3 April.