GETTING TO GOOD: Using technique, form and published poetry to advance your own writing

Friday, May 5 @ 5:30 pm

Ever wondered what a villanelle is? A pantoum? A responsive poem? Maybe you already know — but you’d like to learn how to launch or develop your skills as a poet, as well as become more competitive in the literary marketplace.  Program starts Friday May 5, and continues Friday, May 12, and Friday May 19; all run from 5:30 pm to 7 pm.

Discover with published, local working poets Marea Gordett and Susan Comninos how to realize your ambitions as a writer in two separate workshops focused on similar verse forms, but using distinctive approaches. Developing poets will enjoy Gordett’s gentle and supportive approach to getting material on the page and shaping it into a poem. More advanced poets will enjoy Comninos’s technical and analytic approach to prompting, shaping, and polishing poetry. 

We ask participants to submit three poems for review prior to the workshops, to help determine which group is best suited for you.  Please drop off hard copies at the Adult Reference desk; or email them to buhlm@guilpl.org, no later than April 28.  Registration is required at 456-2400 ext 2.