Course programme
The following poems are likely to figure prominently in your discussions:
The Hawk in the Rain, The Jaguar, The Thought-Fox, The Horses, Meeting, The Casualty, Bayonet Charge, Mayday on Holderness, Strawberry Hill, A Dream of Horses, Esther’s Tomcat, Hawk Roosting, To Paint a Water Lily, The Bull Moses, Relic, Wilfred Owen’s Photographs, Thrushes, Pike, Snowdrop, Thistles, Second Glance at a Jaguar, Full Moon and Little Frieda, Wodwo, Crow’s Song of Himself, Littleblood, St Botolph’s, The Bee God.
Unless you have the individual collections in which these poems appear, you will need the Collected Poems; the Selected omits a number of important poems on the list. At around £20 this is rather more expensive than is usual for a weekend course poetry text, but is well worth it. You shall be looking closely at the listed poems: please read them in advance and bring the book to every session of the course.
Friday
Please plan to arrive between 16:30 and 18:30. You can meet other course members in the bar which opens at 18:15. Tea and coffee making facilities are available in the study bedrooms.
19:00 Dinner
20:30 Introduction; The Hawk in the Rain (I)
22:00 Terrace bar open for informal discussion
Saturday
07:30 Breakfast
09:00 The Hawk in the Rain (II)
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Lupercal (I)
12:30 Free
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Free
16:00 Tea
16:30 Lupercal (II)
18:30 Dinner
20:00 Wodwo
21:30 Terrace bar open for informal discussion
Sunday
07:30 Breakfast
09:00 Crow
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Birthday Letters; conclusion
12:30 Free
12:45 Lunch
The course will disperse after lunch.
Dietary Requirements
If you have any specific dietary requirements or allergies please inform our Admissions Team on ice.admissions@ice.cam.ac.uk or +44 (0)1223 746262 if you have not already advised us of your requirements.
Additional Requirements
Further information about student support.
