Poetry and structure in the Coronavirus age

 Last month (February), Jane and I were excited to host our first virtual workshop on Poetry and Structure, considering Heaney's poem 'Scaffolding' in relation to the community of the Abingdon Arms, Beckley, Oxfordshire - a community-owned pub that hosts a series of events, called 'More than a Pub'. During the pandemic, the events have moved online and have been re-titled 'Even More than a Pub'.  The workshop went better than we had expected; it was great to be able to use the 'chat' function on Zoom to get people to record their ideas, and then to follow up on these and make links between them. There were some detailed ideas about the use, definition and import of the term 'scaffolding' itself from artists, masons and carpenters - lending a truly interdisciplinary flavour to the proceedings. You can read all about the event, including a link to Heaney's poem, and can acess a recording of the workshop itself here.