A Hennessy Poetry Award winner, Afric McGlinchey was born in Ireland, raised in Zimbabwe and gained degrees at Rhodes University and the University of Cape Town. She was a prize winner in the Chapter One poetry competition (2010) and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize (USA) in 2012. She had poems commended in the Magma (UK) and Dromineer (Ireland) poetry competitions in 2011 and 2012. A number of poems have been shortlisted in other competitions. Her poems have been published in Southword, Moth, New Mirage, Poetry Ireland Review, Scottish Poetry Review, the SHOp, Magma, Acumen, and other journals. Afric writes poetry reviews for Sabotage, is a book reviewer for the Irish Examiner, and is a filter reader for both the Fish competitions and the Trevor Williams/Elizabeth Bowen short story competition. Her début collection, The Lucky Star of Hidden Things, is forthcoming in May 2012 from Salmon. Afric lives in West Cork, Ireland.

This poetry course aims to introduce the basic tools used in the making of a poem. Participants will be offered triggers to excite an idea which will then be developed into a poem. We will look at free verse as well as more structured forms. The participant can expect to have produced a number of poems by the end of the course.

Each week we will focus on a particular poetic tool or device.

Week One: Idea trigger – poem(s) developed based on memory and senses.

Week Two: Dada images to act as a springboard for surreal poems. Samples shown.

Week Three: Looking at rhyme – creating a soundscape in your poetry. Structured form.

Week Four:   Using personal experience as material for poetry. Free verse.

Week Five: Syllabic verse – playing with rhythm and metre.

Week Six: Auditioning your words – drafting and redrafting poems until they sparkle.

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