Creative Writing: Spoken Word Poetry

Learn about spoken word poetry as a genre: history, appreciation, styles and the ways in which it has existed throughout the world as art form, therapy, sport and call to action, amongst many other things. Be inspired by and draw inspiration from a wide variety of spoken word poets from around the world and learn the fundamentals of writing poetry for the stage and performing it. The course will culminate in participants creating, refining and performing their own spoken word pieces.