Dove Cottage Young Poets

The Dove Cottage Young Poets was set up in 2013 by the Education Team at Wordsworth Grasmere and is a group of young people age 13 to 19 who meet fortnightly online to read, discuss and write poetry with Cumbrian poet Katie Hale. The group looks at a range of contemporary and historical poems each session and creates their own work in response.

In early 2020 and again in 2023 the group created a range of new work in response to Wordsworthian themes and these poems and video clips are now on show in the Museum at Wordsworth Grasmere. Katie Hale provides creative and engaging workshops and guides the young people onto a path of performance and publication, encouraging the young people to attend and perform in a range of events including, the Brewery Poets and Kendal Poetry Festival. This Autumn the group will be working on poetry that builds towards the 2027 ‘Out of Tune’ exhibition at Wordsworth Grasmere which explores the Climate Crisis.

If you know a young person age 13-19 who lives in (or near) Cumbria and would like to join the Dove Cottage Young Poets please email Zoe McLain to education@wordsworth.org.uk