SEASON 2: RELATIONSHIPS
ROMANCE | FRIENDSHIP | SELF-LOVE
THE DATE IS SET <3
Have you been writing in echoing loneliness?
Are your scrawling words sinking into screens and getting you nowhere?
Do your poems crave being loved, held, supported?
Well, it’s time to throw away the image of the lonesome writer creating in a creaking attic and join Season 2 of the Orange Verse: Relationships.
On 26 February join a tight band of poets as we get all up in the messy wonderfulness of our relationships with lovers, friends and ourselves.
In true Orange Verse style we’ll be doing hard things and writing technical poems, creating things you’ve been avoiding.
But! We’re going to have sooooo much fun doing it.
EPISODE GUIDE
EPISODE GUIDE
Episode 1
Romance
Drawing on the long history of lyrical love poems, the first session will explore romance. Don’t expect any cliches, we’re going to be searching for new ways to describe our love using a traditional form, favoured by the great Bard.
Episode 2
Friendship
This week will explore the often overlooked joys of friendship. In this session, we’ll look at white space and poetry on the page before experimenting with collaboration.
Episode 3
Open Mic
Self-Love
In the final episode we will turn the lens inwards and explore the greatest love of all: self-love. In the wise-words of Rupaul “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else!”
JUICE BOX
Featuring Cath Holland
The Workshop Covers Three Themes:
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Romance
The poetic tradition has lots to teach us about writing love poems. From Sappho to Shakespeare, Byron to Browning, we’ll explore the roots of romance with a modern twist.
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Friendship
Our friendships provide lots of love in our lives but are often overlooked in poetry. We’ll see how contemporary poets and move their friendships across the page.
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Self-Love
It’s time to get introspective and write about all the ways we love ourselves. We’ll get in touch with our inner child and have a go at writing that tricksy self-titled piece.
Each episode there are three challenges
The Mini Challenge
The mini challenge is a short exercise, designed to get the creative juices going. This will be the warm up, a chance to do something silly before we go deeper into the topic and look look more closely at form.
The Technical Challenge
The technical challenge will force you into writing in a particular format or structure. Think sonnet, villanelle, prose poem, couplets, etc. The idea is not to be perfect but to have a go and play with form.
The Epic
Do your best work. Write and rewrite and edit and edit some more. If you were being judged, this is the majority of your mark. At all costs avoid RuPaul banging his fist and aim for that famous Hollywood handshake.
SEASON 2: RELATIONSHIPS
Let’s get loved up
BFFs 4eva
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9 creative challenges
Buy before March 18 and get the open mic free
FAQs
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It’s like Bake Off but for poetry and the only competition is yourself.
My favourite TV format is the creative hobby competition show in which contestants battle it out to be crowned best at their hobby.
It got me wondering… if there were a such a show for poetry, would I make the cast and, if so, would I succeed in the challenges?
The answer is no. Thus, I’m creating my own version of the format so that I can push my art and challenge myself to write better poetry,
And I thought you might like to join me :)
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Each Season will have its own theme and four episodes of subthemes.
Each episode will contain three challenges.
The Mini Challenge: A short creative activity to get the juices flowing.
The Technical Challenge: A timed exercise that draws on specific poetic forms and structures. Expect sonnets, villanelles, acrostics, etc. (Don’t know what these terms mean? Don’t worry, I’ll explain everything)
The Epic: Do your best work.
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This is a back to basics course suitable for complete beginners or intermediate poets.
Each episode will include detailed introductions to the themes, terms, forms and structure. Lots of examples will be given.
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The only judge is yourself.
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