Online Feedback: Poetry with Alicia Sometimes

In this program, poet, artist and broadcaster Alicia Sometimes will provide feedback on your poetry in an online classroom environment, enabling you to hone your skills over five months. You’ll also give and receive peer feedback, and be able to consider the tutor’s feedback across all submissions. Feedback will vary depending on each submission but may focus on areas such as structure, rhythm, tone and imagery, along with suggestions for refining your work.

How does this course work?

Once a month you’ll submit up to two poems totalling a maximum of 55 lines. Your tutor will provide tailored feedback, giving you time to incorporate suggestions and advice into the next month’s submission. Each month you may submit either new work or a revised version of a previous submission.

You’ll also have the opportunity to read and comment on other participants’ writing. This process of giving and receiving feedback from fellow writers is an ideal way to determine what works, what resonates, what falls flat – and how to improve.

This online course takes place on a website specifically designed for writers, making it simple and easy to share your writing, give and receive feedback, and interact with fellow writers.

If you’re ready to challenge yourself and develop your skills through constructive critique and independent work, this course is for you.

Please note:

• This is a feedback-based program. While you are welcome to generate new material for submission during this time, no prompts or themes will be provided.

You do not need to log into the course at a specific time and there are no live meetings. You will receive an email with an invitation link to join the online classroom a week before the course starts.

What you'll gain from this course

• Detailed written feedback from an experienced poet on your work

• Guidance on elements of poetic craft such as structure, rhythm, tone and imagery

• The opportunity to refine poems across multiple submissions over five months

• Insight from reading and responding to other poets’ work

• A supportive online classroom of fellow poets working at a similar level

Important dates

This five month course opens on Monday 6 July 2026. You will receive a link to join the online classroom one week before the start date. Submissions (of up to two poems totalling a maximum of 55 lines) are due on the following dates:

• Monday 13 July

• Monday 10 August

• Monday 7 September

• Monday 5 October

• Monday 2 November

After each submission date, you’ll have 10 days to complete peer feedback. At the end of each feedback period, you’ll receive your tutor feedback.