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Caroline Bird
@carolinebirduk.bsky.social
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Poet & playwright. 7th poetry collection, Ambush at Still Lake, out from Carcanet: https://shorturl.at/JXYCR. Winner of Forward Prize for Best Collection 2020

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January - Grief with @no1emily.bsky.social & @pascalepetit.bsky.social

February - Parents with @carolinebirduk.bsky.social & Jack Underwood

March: Eros with @kimaddonizio.bsky.social & Oluwaseun Olayiwola

April: Resistance with Joelle Taylor & @aanaxagorou.bsky.social
GRIEF Consider the different ways poems can help get between the feelings of grief and loss and look at how to ensure a poem remains artful while also true to its emotional life and sensibility. Both Emily Berry and Pascale Petit have written extensively on the theme of grief using metaphor, allegory and anecdote and will be guiding poets through a range of tips and prompts aimed at enhancing their skillset and thinking around the kind of poetry they want to write. 6-27 JANUARY 2026 TUTORS: PASCALE PETIT, EMILY BERRY WORKSHOPS: TUES 7-9PM UK HYPERFOCUS grief: outspokenldn.com/hyperfocus HYPERFOCUS - parents How do you write about a problematic parents)? How best could you navigate a complex upbringing? How do you handle the sheer awe and panic of being a new parent? How do you write about the loss of a parent? In this second segment of Hyperfocus, join poets Caroline Bird and Jack Underwood as they look at ways we can write poems that draw from the multilayered experiences of having parents and being a parent. 3-24 FEBRUARY 2026 TUTORS: CAROLINE BIRD JACK UNDERWOOD WORKSHOPS: TUES 7-9PM UK PARENTS outspokenldn.com/hyperfocus EROS Love, desire, lust, eros and longing are all part of March's Hyperfocus. Participants will be looking at what makes an erotic poem... erotic. How does one write erotica without sounding crass or twee, how can we express notions of longing or desire for another person and not make the poem feel like it's over-reaching or performative and if we are to write sex how much does that involve the body. How do sexuality, ability and gender impact the way we write into these themes? 3-24 MARCH 2026 TUTORS: KIM ADDONIZIO OLUWASEUN OLAYIWOLA WORKSHOPS: TUES 7-9PM UK HYPERFOCUS eros outspokenldn.com/hyperfocus HYPERFCCUS resistance 7-28 APRIL 2026 TUTORS: JOELLE TAYLOR ANTHONY ANAXAGOROU WORKSHOPS: TUES 7-9PM UK Writing poems that talk truth to power or address the state of the nation can often be tricky to navigate. Either a poem is so direct it ends up feeling didactic or it's so subtle it doesn't have the push and bite it needs to make its case. Over the course of the four weeks participants will explore what it means to write a poem that is concerned with the world, injustice, oppression, trauma and witness. RESISTANCE outspokenldn.com/hyperfocus
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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...listen to @carolinebirduk.bsky.social's documentary through BBC Sounds (or in the Falling Tree archive) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, When the Words Leave
The poet Caroline Bird explores the silences when it feels like the words have left you.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
carolinebirduk.bsky.social
Ah thank you Elizabeth, that means a lot x
November 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
carolinebirduk.bsky.social
Ah thank you for listening Katrina!
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Produced by the stunning artistry of Eleanor McDowall. Original music by Phil Smith. @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
carolinebirduk.bsky.social
Oh amazing, would love to read it!
October 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
carolinebirduk.bsky.social
Haha this was not the demographic I was expecting. I did terribly on my physics GSCE. I love the idea of forklift truck drivers reading my poetry, I hope that’s true.
October 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
carolinebirduk.bsky.social
Boom! Omg was it really five years ago? Wow. Your absolute love and talent for poetry was so clear from the beginning. Chanel’s loss was poetry’s gain. x
October 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
carolinebirduk.bsky.social
Ah thank you Rosie, so happy you enjoyed it!
September 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
carolinebirduk.bsky.social
Ah thank you Gillian, I’m so glad you enjoyed it - Maxine and Sam are incredible
September 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM