More Power to Your Elbow

Power. We wield it and balance it. We hold it over others, or they over us. We can be in it or out of it. We use it to describe naps and moves and showers and grids. Or press candles and horses into service to describe the strength of luminosity, of a motor. With peeks at poems by Ada Limón, Sei Shonagōn, and Mark Fiddes, this fun 90-minute workshop will provide a variety of springboards into writing about power – in all its potency and potential.

About Katie Griffiths

Katie Griffiths grew up in Ottawa, Canada, in a family originally from Northern Ireland. She is author of The Attitudes (2021), and Mindset Mindrise (2026), both from Nine Arches Press, and the prize-winning My Shrink is Pregnant (2019) from Live Canon. She came second in 2018’s National Poetry Competition and won the 2024 Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Prize. A Pushcart published poet, she runs live poetry evenings and workshops at Riverhouse Barn in Walton-on-Thames. As a serious dabbler in music, Katie created the band A Woman in Goggles and is currently in the five-piece Fells and Such – which keeps her sane when the poems won’t behave.

Zoom

These workshops will be conducted via Zoom. We have put together this simple 'How To' document to help you download Zoom, join a meeting, and navigate around the meeting features (such as adjusting video and audio, uploading files, and sharing screens).

You will receive a confirmation email from Ticket Tailor with your ticket and the Zoom invitation, containing the meeting link and Meeting ID & Password.

Someone from The Poetry Business team will be on hand prior to each workshop to offer additional help in getting connected.

There is usually a lot of interest in our workshops: in the interest of fairness, please limit yourself to one workshop ticket in every two week period.

Bursary Spaces

There are two bursary spaces available per workshop for writers from groups that are under-represented in contemporary poetry (for instance because of ethnic background) or who are experiencing financial hardship. If you would like to apply for one of these bursary places, please contact workshops@poetrybusiness.co.uk

Refunds

If you no longer wish to attend the workshop please let us know by emailing us. We ask for 3 working days' notice before the workshop starts in order to offer a full refund, and enable us to offer the place to someone else.

Though we will do all we can to help you get set up with the technology it is the participants' responsibility to ensure that their camera, microphone and other computer settings are configured correctly. Please contact us (workshops@poetrybusiness.co.uk) if you are concerned about getting set up for Zoom.