Online Poetry Workshop with Gboyega Odubanjo – The Poetry Society
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Freedom Across the Globe
The Poetry Society (UK) and Urban Word NYC (USA) present Freedom Across the Globe – an exciting new programme bringing together young poets from around the world, transcending borders and showcasing young voices on a global stage. Book your ticket to the showcase here.
How to get involved:
Aged 14-25? Submit a video of you performing a poem about freedom in any language – we’ll share our favourite submissions at our Freedom Across the Globe Showcase.
Your poem must not exceed
three minutes.
You can interpret ‘freedom’ in any way you like, but we’d love to hear the specificities of your context and perspective. What do you have to say on a global stage?
Judge’s blog: Yomi Sode
Poet Yomi Ṣode is judging this year’s Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award. The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2021 is open for entries until 31 July 2021. It is free to enter and is open to poets aged 11-17 years anywhere in the world. Visit foyleyoungpoets.org to find out more.
Here, Yomi shares his top tip for getting in a writing frame of mind…
Photo: Yomi Ṣode. Credit: Jolade Olusanya.
Personally, I find it tricky to work in cluttered or busy spaces. I do my best to sort out my work area before proceeding with anything, whether it’s reading, researching, or writing. This is my thing though, and I thought it’s such a cliche ‘writer’ thing to do, and… yes, it is! I would advise writers to find their own points of comfortability before embarking on their creative process. This can be a phone call to loved ones, a good meal, sorting a playlist for the day, putting your phone on do not disturb – you choose.