To mark National Poetry Day and explore themes from the ‘Earth Fire Iron’ exhibition, we are delighted to announce this special poetry workshop with Philip Rush.

We will look at a selection of poems, each of which uses imagery from blacksmithing in a distinctive way. We will read the poems carefully and tease out meanings and poetic devices. As a result we may be prompted to begin poems of our own. Everyone will be asked to bring some sort of notebook so that they can jot down ideas and phrases which may occur to them. 

Although the workshop will not include the opportunity for those attending to read new poems to the group, everyone will be able to send them to an online forum where the poems can be read and comments on them can be shared. Anyone who has a poem in a good state by Saturday 4th is invited to present their poem at a reading taking place at The Museum that afternoon.

Philip Rush is a retired English teacher who lives in Stroud. He oversees 'Yew Tree Press of Stroud’ which publishes small-run pamphlets from local and not-so-local poets, and presents regular poetry evenings at the Museum. His own poetry has been published most recently by The Garlic Press in his book, Camera Obscura. He plays the fiddle enthusiastically.

Please book via Dialect’s website: Tools for the Turning World

Tickets £15.00 For adults (ages 18+)

Venue: Walled Garden Pavilion

Image credit: Jonny Gios