Sharing and Refining Poems: Poetry Workshop

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Workshop Description

Share your poems in community and write new ones each week!

In this small workshop poets share previously written poems and/or poems generated from weekly prompts. We practice a carefully constructed, supportive critique method that honors the story of the poem while focusing on its craft.

This workshop is for poets who are comfortable sharing work for commentary and reading deeply to give feedback. Participants range from confident beginners to experienced poets who love to discuss craft and conventions—or who want to develop those skills.

 Both afternoon and evening sessions available.

Workshop Details

Spring Session (Afternoon)
Thursday afternoons from 2:00 to 4:00 PM (ET)
Six sessions with Melody Wilson on Zoom
Dates: April 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21
$310 $279
Register for Poetry Workshop: Sharing and Refining Poems

Spring Session (Evening)
Wednesday evenings from 6:00 to 8:00 PM (ET)
Six sessions with Melody Wilson on Zoom
Dates: April 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20
$310 $279
Register for Poetry Workshop: Sharing and Refining Poems

Workshop Facilitator

Melody Wilson is a Pushcart nominated poet whose work appears in One, B O D Y, The Emerson Review, Crab Creek Review, Rust and Moth, and many other publications. Her collections have been finalist at The Catamaran Prize, both Cider Press Prizes, The Louisville Prize, and others. She received an Academy of American Poets Award, the Patricia Dobler Award, and was finalist for both the Iron Horse NaPoMo and Pablo Neruda Awards. Her first collection, Madre Dura, was awarded the Paul Nemser Prize from Lily Poetry Review Books and will be released in April 2026. A graduate of Pacific University’s MFA program, she lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband Phillip and their dog Z. Find more of her work at melodywilson.com.

Comments

Melody Wilson's prompts are creative and generative. She has a good sense of what makes writers find new ideas and ways of thinking about old ideas. Also, her feedback is always specific and constructive--she can find the kernel and help develop it into something.  – Ann Stinson, author of The Ground at My Feet: Sustaining a Family and a Forest, finalist for the Oregon Book Award, 2023

I took Melody’s class as a beginner. She has a firm, but gentle touch. I never felt overwhelmed. She heard what I was trying to express and responded in a way that encouraged me to move deeper into my poem. I learned to see images as a way to tell. She made me believe in myself as a poet. Because of her, I continue on my poetic journey.  – MaryJo Cook

Questions: editors@riverheronreview.com

Refunds: Up to one week prior to the workshop start date, full refund minus $15 processing fee. After that time, there are no refunds.

Workshop sessions are not recorded, nor are there make up sessions.