Poetry Workshop: Sharing and Refining Poems

Workshop Description

This small group (six participants) workshop is geared toward poets interested in having selections of previously written work critiqued. Writers will share writing weekly and receive supportive feedback in the areas of craft and the overall impact of the selection. Sessions will conclude with a model passage and/or a prompt-based writing segment. Daytime or evening sessions.

This workshop is for poets who are comfortable with sharing their work and receiving commentary on it and who are capable of reading deeply to analyze others’ poems. Participants should consider themselves to be intermediate to experienced poets who are familiar with poetry craft and conventions.

Workshop Details

Fall Session (Afternoon) 1 opening remaining
Thursday afternoons from 2:00 to 4:00 PM (ET)
Six sessions with Melody Wilson on Zoom
Dates: September 18, 25, October 2, 9, 16, 23
$264.00
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Fall Session (Evening)
Wednesday evenings from 6:00 to 8:00 PM (ET)
Six sessions with Melody Wilson on Zoom
Dates: September 17, 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22
$264.00
Register for Poetry Workshop: Sharing and Refining Poems

Workshop Facilitator

Melody Wilson is an award-winning poet who, after a career teaching poetry at the college level, is excited to teach privately. She has taught both in person and on Zoom and brings powerful prompts and insightful reading. Her collection Swan Song has been finalist for the Catamaran Prize and the Louisville Poetry Prize. She holds an MA in English Literature from Portland State University and an MFA in Poetry from Pacific University.

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.