A slow paced workshop aimed at giving participants insight and inspiration into one of the most ubiquitous, and misunderstood, forms of poetry: the concrete poem.

We've all been in the position of a flitting cursor, aimlessly ambling single words across the page, sighing at our indecisiveness of where a line break should come in a stanza. Petrified Poetry is a gentle introduction to a style increasingly popular, and asks participants to engage with their work in a thoughtful, considered manner.

Continuing our horror-based series, we'll look at different techniques within the form to be discussed and dissected, before participants will have the chance to develop their own concrete works with confidence and alacrity.

Part of City of Poets: October Poetry Tutorials

This October, City of Poets invites you to spend four evenings exploring the stranger side of poetry.

Across four weekly tutorials, we'll examine different poetic techniques and approaches, each with its own particular way of... unsettling the page.

These are concise, creative sessions designed to get you thinking, experimenting and making. Bring your own work, bring your questions, or come with nothing but an open page.

Tuesdays in October, 7 to 8pm

• 6 October - Paranormal Punctuation with Anne Sikking

• 13 October - Petrified Poetry (Concrete Poetry) with Spencer Mason

• 20 October - Graverobbing (After Poems) with Spencer Mason

• 27 October - Ghost Writing with Anne Sikking

Each tutorial is completely unique, so join us for one, a few, or all four.

About the Facilitator

This workshop is delivered by Spencer Mason, an award winning poet and the current chairperson of Glasgow's City of Poets.

Spencer is a multi-disciplinary storyteller, poet and sound artist whose work blends performance, music and narrative to explore the unmarketable parts of mental health and the mythology of the individual. Their work embraces raw honesty and imagination in equal measure, challenging audiences to listen closely to what is often left unsaid.