Recent meeting dates, themes, forms
Michaelmas Term 2024: 11 November
Prompts:
- Theme: All-Night Americana
- Form: Duplex
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Siren Song (James Wade)
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All-Night Americana (Garbhán McEnoy)
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Escargone (Laura Forwood)
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Rose Tattoo (Nell Thackray)
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KnightHawx! (Adam Crothers)
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Colours (Stephen Robertson)
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Home (Ash)
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Judas at the Last Supper (Ash)
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It’s late and I’m watching the ice sink into the bottom of my glass (A.S. Bawa)
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On Joey’s Hands in Graduation (2022) (Heather Skye Irvine)
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lighthouse (Esmé Beaumont)
- Greasy spoons (Oliver Moxham)
Michaelmas Term 2024: 4 November
Prompts:
- Theme: Iron Fairies
- Form: Cinquain Stanza
Michaelmas Term 2024: 21 October
Prompts:
- Theme: Hydra
- Form: ABAAB Rhyme Scheme
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[Candlewick stuck in its pool] (Olivia)
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[I see you again] (Damien)
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The first time You cut yourself on a boning knife You realise (Laura Forwood)
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October (Adam Crothers)
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After, in a bar (Garbhán McEnoy)
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Yellow wood (Stephen Robertson)
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Round And Round And Round (Esmé Beaumont)
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A poem for Peter (and Apple) (Nell Thackray)
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Hydra of Ancient Greece (anon)
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Visitare (Heather Skye Irvine)
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Girton — Far (anon)
Easter term 2024: 13 May
Prompts:
- Theme: Clairvoyager
- Form: Rondeau
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Memorial birthdays (Laura Forwood)
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Clairkinesis (James Wade)
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Clarity (Adam Crothers and James Wade)
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Intertemp message: Sappho to Penelope (anon)
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waited for this (song for springs that haven’t happened yet) (Garbhán McEnoy)
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Dyad (Adam Crothers)
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wash the well (so long, so long) (Heather Skye Irvine)
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Valeu (Jared)
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Efflorescence (Esmé Beaumont)
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Creep Slow (anon)
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Loving in Translation (Nell Thackray)
Easter term 2024: 29 April
Prompts:
- Theme: Endings
- Form: Spenserian Stanza
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The Last Voice of Troy (anon)
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[the lack can kill you] (Esmé Beaumont)
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Names weighed (Stephen Robertson)
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[Fae-Harp: glass rim straightened] (James Wade)
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Changelings (James Wade and Adam Crothers)
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Pigmy Mouse Lemur Riders in the Sky (Adam Crothers)
- Molossus (Heather Skye Irvine)
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Viridefulgis ultimus (Ending Elegy) (Garbhán McEnoy)
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Old Street (James Wilson)
Lent term 2024: 26 February
Prompts:
- Theme: Waiting Rooms
- Form: Rhyme royal / Chaucerian stanza
- It ends like: (Laura Forwood)
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Postcards you write (but never send) (Damien)
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The Fairies’ Accountant (Adam Crothers)
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november november (Garbhán McEnoy)
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Notes from a Seance (James Wade)
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They Sit, Awaiting an Audience with the Queen (James Wade and Adam Crothers)
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Tethered To (Heather Skye Irvine)
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i know, i know (Esmé Beaumont)
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I wish I had brought my headphones (Jared)
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Scritta (James Wilson)
Lent term 2024: 19 February
Prompts:
- Theme: That Old-Song Ache
- Form: Terza Rima
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Myself and I (Damian)
- The Last Kaua‘i ‘ō‘ō (Laura Forwood and Aashi Chougule)
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I brought my hermit shell (anon)
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short session (Stephen)
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xiang lian (Ming Wei)
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But not for me (Jared)
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Further into the Fog I fall (Elfie)
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It Isn’t the Thing (Adam Crothers)
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Phonograph Blues (Adam Crothers and James Wade)
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owl city dreamscapes (Esmé Beaumont)
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The wind in my ear (Stephen Robertson)
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Fifteenth (James Wade)
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To Brush a Moth’s Back (Heather Skye Irvine)
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colours are brighter (Garbhán McEnoy)
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Ides song (anon)
Lent term 2024: 22 January
Prompts:
- Theme: Otherworlds
- Form: Concrete Poetry
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[I wait for open casket sermons] (Elfie)
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At the Final Star (Ming Wei)
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*I hate Swirls Court* (Mike)
- [If you ask the worm] (Laura Forwood)
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bareknuckle (Stephen)
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I Fell in Love With Melancholy (Jared)
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staircase (Garbhán McEnoy)
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Half moon (Stephen Robertson)
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hug me home (Heather Skye Irvine)
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Knight (anon)
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Condemned (Adam Crothers)
- Caged (Sid Nayak)
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You’re in the wrong part of town, mate (anon)
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meltdown in lodi (Esmé Beaumont)
Michaelmas term 2023: 13 November
Prompts:
- Theme: Whalesong
- Form: Villanelle
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Tortoise Rain (Peter Sparks)
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The Shell Villa (Adam Crothers)
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Two River Sprites Swallowed by a Salmon: A Duet (Adam Crothers and James Wade)
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A little miss (James and Mike)
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The Horseshoe on the Feet of a Cadaver (Gwyn)
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[Lade in state] (anon)
- Whales sing because they have a song (Aashi Chougule and Chris Brain)
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After (Kate Willis)
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Twelfth floor (Stephen Robertson)
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The Yankee Whaler (James Wade)
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Caving in (anon)
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ab extra (anon)
- Osedax (Laura Forwood)
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[A sonic string] (Heather Skye Irvine and Garbhán McEnoy)
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Seismic testing (Jessica)
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try to forget the threat of keelhauling (Esmé Beaumont)
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Wail-Song (Grace and Jeff)
Michaelmas term 2023: 30 October
Prompts:
- Theme: Slow-Burn
- Form: Sonnet
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[An easy warm tap] (Iris)
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To my friends, with love (Mike)
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I did not (Alex)
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One Day In Our Wood (Ash)
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2000 (Grace)
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Fresh Insomniac (Millie)
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[Don’t close the window] (Daisy)
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nebula - giant - nebula - dwarf (anon)
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Fragment (Anna)
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Devil Harp (Adam Crothers)
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Lob (James Wade and Adam Crothers)
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CHILD BALLAD #1 (James)
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Poison poison poison! (Elfie)
- [time rolls up like a woodlouse] (Esmé Beaumont)
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She's been (anon)
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Patina (Jack)
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Carrageen (Garbhán McEnoy)
- How’d we get here? (Jazz club) (Heather Skye Irvine)
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Above Ground (Jonah)
Michaelmas term 2023: 9 October
Prompts:
- Theme: Moss and Mind
- Form: Ode
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To bad weather (J)
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Sapphic Ode to the Denizens of the Orsini Boschetto (Peter Sparks)
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Encomium to Mr A.H. (Jack)
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If an alarm goes off in the forest (Anna)
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BOTHAM’S AWESOME MOSS (James Wade)
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[Close my eyes and slide shingle under foot] (Matt)
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split (Garbhán McEnoy)
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Regrowth (Mike)
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Earth’s daughter (Anon)
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Fey Instrumental for Moss and Water (Adam Crothers)
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Moss Riddle (Adam Crothers and James Wade)
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Aitch or haitch (Stephen Robertson)
- [I am almost 25 years old] (Esmé Beaumont)
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[I used to think, when I was younger] (Jared)
Easter term 2023: 15 May
Prompts:
- Theme: Play
- Form: Aubade
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Sun rises on the ISS (Damien Macedo)
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White chocolate and cardamom please (Nell Thackray)
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Aubade #57 (Adam Crothers)
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Who guards the guards (Jared)
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Huntingdon Road Blues (James Wade)
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exhibit love (Garbhán McEnoy)
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Childsplay (Stephen Robertson)
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Mad Aubade (Jemimah Hawkes)
Easter term 2023: 1 May
Prompts:
- Theme: Lines
- Form: Surprise us!
Lent term 2023: 20 February
Prompts:
- Theme: Fruit
- Form: Double dactyl
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wine glass (Jasmine)
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[I imagine that I’m gone] (Anon)
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I always thought it was ‘Greatfruit’ (Nell Thackray)
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She- (Stephen Robertson)
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not sure (Felix Elliott)
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At the inlaws (Anna Nickerson)
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May is a Promise (Heather Skye Irvine)
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RUN BOY, RUN (Jared)
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I imagine that I’m gone (Anon)
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Pineapple (Emma)
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Wildebeest (Peter Sparks)
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Apple tree (Zelda)
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G I R C H A R D (Anon)
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Cherry Garcia Summers (Damien Macedo)
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Appled Theology (Adam Crothers)
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Rosebud (Methir)
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Fruitless endeavour (Jemimah Hawkes)
Lent term 2023: 6 February
Prompts:
- Theme: Mundane
- Form: Found poetry
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[The of-and-to] (Matt)
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50 poems to open your world (Garbhán McEnoy)
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Why is Alan so sweaty? (Nell Thackray)
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Dartmoor (James Wade)
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Emotion (Ioan)
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the right of the firstborn (Jazz)
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Sad generation with happy pictures (Heather Skye Irvine)
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Playing with Seasons and Flowers (Peter Sparks)
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No other way to be (Emma)
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Nigella Bites (Anna Nickerson)
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Lost Sonnet (Adam Crothers)
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(in)Voice from Saint Lucia (Alex)
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Letters from friends (a refound poem) (Jemimah Hawkes)
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A FRIEND DISSECTED (Jack and Anna)
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Moving Swiftly On (Elfie)
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And so he (Ed)
Lent term 2023: 23 January
Prompts:
- Theme: Forward
- Form: Villanelle
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Good Advice? (Peter Sparks)
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Endangered (Adam Crothers)
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City. Burnt. (Mathys)
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The many memoirs of Margherita Castilla (Ed)
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Passing time (Stephen Robertson)
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By the river (Jemimah Hawkes)
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To My Brothers, December 2022 (Nell Thackray)
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Forwards backwards (Emma)
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There Is No Rose (Garbhán McEnoy)
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do not go gentle into that parallel park (Anna Nickerson)
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[Yours is one I would fall into] (Rohan)
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run and hide and seek (Elfie)
Michaelmas term 2022: 28 November
Prompts:
- Theme: Change
- Form: Tanka
Michaelmas term 2022: 7 November
Prompts:
- Theme: Sacrifice
- Form: Sonnet
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Man in tree (Rahan Nazeer)
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Sky high (Emma)
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[A strong gust of wind] (Hassan)
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On offerings to the gods (Stephen Robertson)
- What we leave behind (Sid Nayak)
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iMessage (Felix Elliott)
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Mariotto Albertinelli: The Sacrifice of Cain and Abel (Adam Crothers)
- [What have we done] (Theo Steele)
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[She was so soft then] (Amelie)
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The sacrifices we made for a happy ending (Jemimah Hawkes)
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A Day to Remember (Imre Osbay)
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[One glare is as strong as belladonna] (Elfie)
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Magdalene (Anon)
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Chandler (Ed)
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[I’ve never seen an elephant] (Jared)
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How to treat the Abyss (Anon)
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I’ll be there too before the day is done (Anon)
- Patrimony (Jack Hitchcock)
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Heat wave (Olivia)
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Darling (Maddie)
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delphi reprise (silent noon) (Garbhán McEnoy)
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Parallel Worlds Put into Words (Anon)
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Sonnet (James Wade)
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Spring Lamb (Peter Sparks)
Michaelmas term 2022: 24 October
Prompts:
- Theme: Time
- Form: Free verse
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Beautiful Causality (Imre Osbay)
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Time for Free Verse (Peter Sparks)
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In the cloud (Stephen Robertson)
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Evergreen (Emma)
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[We took a picture] (Anna)
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Oddquain? (Gemma)
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Outside the window (Anon)
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Les Les Paul de Paul (Edward)
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Back to Liverpool Lime Street (Nell Thackray)
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The egg timer (James Wade)
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petrichor's therapy (Maddie)
- After the Rise (Jack Hitchcock)
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John (Isabel)
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[Dear _______] (Amelie)
- Frighteningly Inert (Rahan Nazeer)
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train doors open on the day my memories swallow me whole (Heather Skye Irvine)
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The Fairy Ranger’s Arrow (Adam Crothers)
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The Last Teenage Angst (Graydon)