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** This listing is for access to the video recording of the workshop only. If you would like to register to attend the workshop on Saturday 12 September 2026, view the listing here: Online Workshop: Are you being serious? with Jack Underwood
If you are unable to attend the online workshop on the day, we’re pleased to make available a playback link to the video recording of the session for standalone purchase.
Once you have purchased the Playback, you will receive a link to a document download which includes the link and password for the recording together with the materials from the workshop.
Please note that the password-protected recording will be available to watch for a limited duration of three weeks from the date of the workshop. After this date the video will no longer be available to access.
Once you purchase this item, and after the workshop has taken place, you will be emailed (from press@outspokenpress.com) a link and password to the video recording of the workshop on our Vimeo page. This password-protected video will remain available for viewing for a limited duration of three weeks from the date of the workshop. After this date it will no longer be accessible.
This workshop will examine how the poem can be space of tonal complexity, contradiction or clarity. We will look at humour in poetry, and how it often arises out of embarrassment, shame or confrontations with darkness. We will look at how poems can shift from the surreal or absurd to the serious, sad or sublime, and also the value of self-amusement and play as an interrogative stance, that can reveal deeper, personal or philosophical truths. We will also look at poems written without irony or polytonality, that are instead committed to their gravity throughout. By exploring this terrain through timed exercises, close reading and discussion, this workshop will deepen your understanding of complex tonal features like subtext, irony, contiguity, connotation, and humour, and help you to develop your own poetic voice through practical exercises aimed at providing you with new techniques and strands to your work.
Duration 3 hours
** This listing is for access to the video recording of the workshop only. If you would like to register to attend the workshop on Saturday 12 September 2026, view the listing here: Online Workshop: Are you being serious? with Jack Underwood
If you are unable to attend the online workshop on the day, we’re pleased to make available a playback link to the video recording of the session for standalone purchase.
Once you have purchased the Playback, you will receive a link to a document download which includes the link and password for the recording together with the materials from the workshop.
Please note that the password-protected recording will be available to watch for a limited duration of three weeks from the date of the workshop. After this date the video will no longer be available to access.
Once you purchase this item, and after the workshop has taken place, you will be emailed (from press@outspokenpress.com) a link and password to the video recording of the workshop on our Vimeo page. This password-protected video will remain available for viewing for a limited duration of three weeks from the date of the workshop. After this date it will no longer be accessible.
This workshop will examine how the poem can be space of tonal complexity, contradiction or clarity. We will look at humour in poetry, and how it often arises out of embarrassment, shame or confrontations with darkness. We will look at how poems can shift from the surreal or absurd to the serious, sad or sublime, and also the value of self-amusement and play as an interrogative stance, that can reveal deeper, personal or philosophical truths. We will also look at poems written without irony or polytonality, that are instead committed to their gravity throughout. By exploring this terrain through timed exercises, close reading and discussion, this workshop will deepen your understanding of complex tonal features like subtext, irony, contiguity, connotation, and humour, and help you to develop your own poetic voice through practical exercises aimed at providing you with new techniques and strands to your work.
Duration 3 hours
