Reminder that Getting Started With Poetry returns on MONDAY at 7pm in The Community Works! All beginners are welcome to this FREE workshop series introducing some tools of the trade for writing verse. Make sure you register at the link below to come! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-st...

Getting Started With Poetry

A workshop for anyone new to writing poems.

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We're still on our break until our next library hours on SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER! If you missed our new books - make sure you have our reopening in your dairy and come pick up some poetry ✨️

Join us for The Shape of Poetry, coming up this Saturday! Our workshop this August is the perfect chance for you to practice with some new poetic form~ (and get your OPL fix this summer☀️) We'll be online, 2pm-4pm - Grab your tickets here!!

The Shape of Poetry workshop series

Unlock new ways of writing by joining us for this workshop series all about writing poetry in form!

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TOMORROW! This Is Just To Say is back! With the brilliant LEATRICE, Oxford local, on the theme of 'present past'... readers, sign-up is from 7pm! All the details you need are here: oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/this-i...

This is Just to Say: spoken word open mic

Oxford Poetry Library presents a spoken word open mic night! Join us in the library on the first Tuesday of every month to enjoy all manner of word-weaving, story-sharing, and spell-casting. We wel…

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The summer closure isn't slowing down any events at OPL!! 🔥 Next Saturday, join us for The Shape of Poetry where we will be talking about everything poetic form. We'll be online, 2pm-4pm - Grab your tickets here!!

The Shape of Poetry workshop series

Unlock new ways of writing by joining us for this workshop series all about writing poetry in form!

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A reminder that This Is Just To Say, our monthly open mic, returns in a week! We're thrilled to be welcoming Leatrice as our featured poet on the theme of "present past". As ever, 7 for 7.30pm - you can find all the relevant details on our website here: oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/this-i...

This is Just to Say: spoken word open mic

Oxford Poetry Library presents a spoken word open mic night! Join us in the library on the first Tuesday of every month to enjoy all manner of word-weaving, story-sharing, and spell-casting. We wel…

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This week! Don't miss Poetry You Can Hold at 1pm on 2 August at The Community Works. Keen to find a whole new dimension to your writing? Collage can be a powerful way to shake things up, find another way of expressing yourself, & toy with fresh ideas. Full deets: www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-you...

REMINDER: We're going on a lil summer closure during August for summer adventures, and to give our volunteers a well-deserved rest! Come get some new books before we close. Our last library hours before summer closure will be SATURDAY 25 JULY and we will be back open on SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER!

We have a very exciting workshop for you all in just one month's time. We bring you: POETRY YOU CAN HOLD. ❤️ On August 2nd at 1pm in The Community Works, Phoebe Nicholson and Maya Little present a showcase and workshop all about collage and sculptural poetry.

We're going on a lil summer closure during August for summer adventures, and to give our volunteers a well-deserved rest! We have some lovely new books on our shelves which will be available until our final library hours on SATURDAY 25 JULY. We'll be back open on SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER!

Join us for the LAST Reading Circle of the season before we go on a lil summer break! 14:00 in The Community Works this Saturday on 18 July tinyurl.com/TheReadingCircle

🫠 HEATWAVE UPDATE 🫠 We are sorry to announce that due to the current heatwave, the library will be CLOSED to readers this weekend. If you have books to return, please use the dropboxes in Florence Park, or contact us at oxfordpoetrylibrary@gmail.com for loan renewal.

We are sorry to announce that The Shape of Poetry workshop this Saturday has been CANCELLED due to facilitator availability. We apologise to everyone who may have already purchased tickets.

Coming up this Saturday... The Shape of Poetry! Our July workshop is shaping up to be a good one, and it's the perfect chance to test out different types of poetic form. Everyone is welcome, no matter their writing experience! We'll be online from 2pm - 4pm, grab your tickets here!!

The Shape of Poetry workshop series

Unlock new ways of writing by joining us for this workshop series all about writing poetry in form!

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TOMORROW!!! This Is Just To Say returns! Last call! All details here: oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/this-i... And if that weren't enough, our featured poet Jenny Wong has chosen the theme of CONSTELLATIONS. So bring your starry selves and starrier poems!

We have a very exciting workshop for you all in just one month's time. We bring you: POETRY YOU CAN HOLD. ❤️ On August 2nd at 1pm in The Community Works, we have a showcase and workshop all about collage and sculptural poetry, facilitated by poets Phoebe Nicholson and Maya Little!

Next Saturday, we'll be talking all things poetic form at The Shape of Poetry! This is our monthly workshop where we pick a poem apart to learn about its form, and you can experiment with writing your own! We'll be online, 2pm-4pm - Grab your tickets here!! buff.ly/OzydWN7

The Shape of Poetry workshop series

Unlock new ways of writing by joining us for this workshop series all about writing poetry in form!

eventbrite.co.uk

A reminder

CANCELLED: Due to the amber heat warning in place for Friday, we've made the difficult decision to cancel this week's Hip Crowd. The Community Works isn't safe at these temperatures, as the room will be unbearably hot.

🌈 HAPPY PRIDE MONTH, POETRY FANS 🏳️‍🌈 Exciting news: This Is Just To Say is popping up at Oxford DIY Pride this year! We’ll be hosting a spoken word & poetry open mic on 4 July 1.15pm at East Oxford Community Centre. Sign up from 1pm on the door first come, first-served! oxforddiypride.my.canva.site

TOMORROW: OPL's first and only monthly reading group (The Reading Circle) hits the stacks for another afternoon of using our minds as spades to dig into contemporary poetry.

Next weekend - it's the LAST EVER HIP CROWD!! Ohh, I hear you say. Aww. Don't be worried - you can come and join us for a party! Join us for a birthday to remember, and let's celebrate together the wonderful times we've had.

It can be exciting to read new poetry, whether or not we understand every part of a poem. But we can often walk away feeling we missed something important. Group reading opens up levels of meaning we can't access by ourselves - the same poem through someone else's eyes looks completely different.

TOMORROW: The June Shape of Poetry is shaping up to be a great one! Whether you're getting started writing poetry or you've never written before, join us at 2pm online for another exciting workshop exploring form and formal poetry. Grab your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-shape-...

The Shape of Poetry workshop series

Unlock new ways of writing by joining us for this workshop series all about writing poetry in form!

eventbrite.co.uk

We return to form-land on Saturday - where a poem can be any shape it wants to be, even an octagon! Whether you're new to poetry or have written for years, you've probably got a relationship to form - perhaps you feel it is restrictive, or maybe it helps provide a container for your work.

Final reminder for Getting Started With Poetry, which returns TOMORROW at 7pm in The Community Works (21 Park End St, OX1 1HH). The workshop is entirely free, but we ask that you register to keep track of numbers here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-st...

Why is a sonnet like an optical illusion? William Wootten @williamwoottenpoetry says that unlike other poetic forms, sonnets are "like those pictures that can be seen as either a duck or rabbit" - their form is at once incedental and essential.

Reminder that Getting Started With Poetry returns on MONDAY at 7pm in The Community Works! All beginners are welcome to this FREE workshop series introducing some tools of the trade for writing verse. Make sure you register at the link below to come! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-st...

Getting Started With Poetry

A workshop for anyone new to writing poems.

eventbrite.co.uk

TOMORROW! TIJTS returns with brilliant TS Eliot prize-nominated poet Daniel Sluman on the theme of 'intimacy' — unwrap your hearts! Details, as ever, here: oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/this-j...

This Just To Say: spoken word open mic

Oxford Poetry Library presents a spoken word open mic night! Join us in the library on the first Tuesday of every month to enjoy all manner of word-weaving, story-sharing, and spell-casting. We wel…

oxfordpoetrylibrary.com

TOMORROW - it's only ever our second last Hip Crowd! That's right, we're seeing off May with our penultimate daytime open mic. Find us at the usual time (11:30am), with the usual free tea and coffee, bringing the usual excellent vibes. Let's make it a good one - see you there!