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Poetry... More or Less

Join the Edinburgh School of Poets for a pop-up reading in the relaxed surroundings of the Storytelling Court on Saturday 15th June!

Poetry... More or Less

About Poetry... More or Less

The School of Poets is run by volunteers, and open to poets of all levels where no-one teaches and everyone learns. The School of Poets meets monthly to share new poems – reading and having read – and to receive considered and supportive feedback. The group was started by Tessa Ransford at the outset of the Scottish Poetry Library and has been a home to aspiring poets ever since.

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