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FREE CLASS | POETRY

A taste for metaphor: Food in Poetry

Please join us for this amazing class with Christian Donovan. Learn more about metaphor through food.

REGISTER - 24 July '25 AM 

The class is at 11 am (SAST)

  • 10 am London
  • 7 pm Sydney
  • 5 am New York
  • 2 am Los Angeles

The class is at 9 pm (SAST)

  • 8 pm London
  • 5 am Sydney
  • 3 pm New York
  • 12 pm Los Angeles

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Christian Donovan retired about two years ago from work as a guide at Carew Castle in Pembrokeshire and now has more time to write.  Previously, she was a dairy farmer’s wife, a Welsh language tutor and cycling fanatic.   She has had a scattering of poems published, mostly in anthologies and online.

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