Workshops

Platform: Zoom Tuition: $20 To register, email jswilliams1307@gmail.com. About the Workshop: In this intensive generative workshop, we will discuss how contemporary poets have explored the landscape and emotional changes of the New Year season. Despair, hope, burnt bridges, newly built ones; this time of year is rich with metaphor. We will analyze diverse poems from contemporary poets such as Ted Kooser, Naomi Shibab Nye, Ellen Bryant Voigt, Martha Collins, and others, followed by hands-on writing activities, prompts, and plenty of in-class writing time. About the Teacher: John Sibley Williams is the author of five collections, most recently As One Fire Consumes Another (Orison Poetry Prize), Skin Memory (Backwaters Prize, University of Nebraska Press), and Summon (JuxtaProse Chapbook Prize). A twenty-four-time Pushcart nominee, John is the…

Platform: Zoom Tuition: $40 To register, email jswilliams1307@gmail.com. Forms of payment accepted: PayPal, Venmo, and check. About the Workshop: Are you ready for Valentine’s Day? Is there someone in your life, present or past (even future) that you’d like to write a poem for? In this intensive generative workshop, we will explore the many facets of writing “love poetry”, from the ecstatic to the melancholic, from discovering that intimate connection to finding uniquely evocative ways of expressing that connection through poetry. We will study how best to show true emotion without leaning too heavily into sentimentality, as well exploring poems that deal with loss of a loved one. We will analyze diverse poems from contemporary poets, followed by hands-on writing activities, prompts, and plenty of…